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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Self-objectification"”.
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Influence Of Gender And Race On Self-Objectification
… the participants on their confidence, self-esteem, and body-image. The research is important to help identify reasons why women have a greater tendency to self-objectify than men. Previous research has emphasized the role media plays on self-objectification of women. It is possible that …
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Self-Objectification, Eating Attitudes, And Sexual Coercion In College Women
<p>The theory of self-objectification, developed by Fredrickson and Roberts (1997) explains how women view their bodies as objects. Studies have looked at self-objectification and its associated negative effects, such as cognitive decline, body shame, disordered eating, and low self-esteem in a …
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The influences of identities and social connectedness on self-objectification
<p>According to objectification theory, girls and women are socialized to adopt an external observer’s view of the self. Self-objectification occurs when there is an emphasis on physical appearance and a de-emphasis and devaluation of internal and physical competence features, all of which have …
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Sexual objectification, self-objectification, self-efficacy, and female identity development: A preliminary study
Sexual and self-objectification, self-efficacy and identity status were investigated using data collected from undergraduate and graduate classes from West Virginia University. Subjects were 267 females, ages 18--23. The four variables were measured as follows: (a) Cultural Sexual Objectification …
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Combating self-objectification and nurturing self-concept: Art therapy interventions with adolescent girls
… art therapy interventions to increase self-concept and lower self-objectification levels among a treatment group of adolescent girls ages 11-13 years. Altered books were used as a container for these interventions. By the end of the six-week Cognitive-Behavioral art therapy …
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Exploring the relationship between Tinder usage and body-image, self-esteem and self-objectification
… app usage positively or negatively affects users self-esteem, body image and self-objectification with varied results. Therefore the aim of this study is to examine whether Tinder usage negatively affects users self-esteem, body image and self-objectification. Furthermore, to examine the possible …
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Diverse women aging in America: Attitudes toward menopause and self-objectification in midlife and beyond
… (Stunkard, Sorenson, & Schlusinger, 1983), the Self-Objectification Questionnaire (Noll & Fredrickson, 1998), and the Objectified Body Consciousness Scale (McKinley & Hyde, 1996). Results indicated that younger participants experienced more body shame and body surveillance compared to older …
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Classifying Exercise Activities According to Motivation, Self -Objectification, and Disordered Eating: How Can We Target Change
… The following themes emerged: (a) increased self-awareness, (b) desire to adopt more adaptive attitudes and behaviors (c) desire to change motivation for/type of exercise, and (d) increased self-consciousness. Results are discussed in terms of identifying types of exercise most consistent …
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The impacts of exposure to fat talk and fat talk challenging through social media on women
… assessing for body dissatisfaction; and the Self-Objectification Questionnaire (Noll & Fredrickson, 1998), assessing for self-objectification. The investigator hypothesized that participants who viewed a thin woman engaging in fat talk that was perpetuated would have the highest body …
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The impacts of exposure to fat talk and fat talk challenging through social media on women
… assessing for body dissatisfaction; and the Self-Objectification Questionnaire (Noll & Fredrickson, 1998), assessing for self-objectification. The investigator hypothesized that participants who viewed a thin woman engaging in fat talk that was perpetuated would have the highest body …
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MAKING THE POLITICAL PERSONAL: INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEMINIST BELIEFS AND SEXUAL ASSERTIVENESS
… three potential mediators of that relationship: self-objectification, empowered entitlement, and self-silencing. Cross-sectional survey data were collected via online survey from 188 women. Results from correlational analyses indicated that active commitment to feminist beliefs was significantly …
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When Life Really Is A Stage: A Test Of Objectification Theory Using Dancers And Non-dancers
This study tested a model of objectification theory proposed by Fredrickson and Roberts (1997) as it applies to disordered eating in a sample of dancers and non-dancers. The methods in this study are based on a previous test of objectification theory done by Tiggeman and Slater (2001). Two samples …
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Antidepressants, bioenhancements, and the ethics of self-respect
… two ethical questions about different forms of self-treatment. These are: 1. Is antidepressant use morally problematic insofar as it is self-objectifying?, and 2. Is bioenhancement use morally problematic insofar as it undermines self-respect? (Note: by "morally problematic," I mean "possessing …
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Sorority Eating Patterns: A Longitudinal Investigation
… nonsorority women differ in regards to weight, self-objectification, eating beliefs, or eating disorder symptoms at the start of or throughout the study? Additionally, do these initial reported weights, self-objectification scores, eating beliefs, or eating disorder symptoms vary over time for …
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Young people’s perceptions and experiences of their physical bodies
… revealed gender differences in physical self-concept and engagement in physical activity, with results typically favouring boys. Despite strong evidence to suggest that socialisation results in physical activity taking on different meanings and experiences for girls and boys, these …
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The Short-Term Effects of Viewing Sexually Objectifying Media: A Test of Objectification Theory
<p>Although the sexual objectification of women in the media is widespread, there are limited experimental studies that have examined the short-term effects of exposure to sexually objectifying television (e.g., reality shows like Jersey Shore) through the lens of Objectification Theory. …
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Stereotypes And The Self-Perceptions Of Black Women: How Places And Identity Strategies Matter
… stereotypes, density and duration of identities, self-objectification and self-esteem. Places might matter for dealing with stereotypes because the overall cultural atmosphere, ideas and ideologies, and general structure of the place may contribute to overall construction of racial and gender …
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Tone it Down or Tune it Out? The Focus of Instructor Cues on Body Image Outcomes during an Exercise Class in Older Adults
… satisfaction with appearance and functionality, self-objectification, and social physique anxiety) controlling for appropriate demographic and trait body image variables. Participants assigned to the functionality-focused condition reported significantly greater decreases in body dissatisfaction …
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“Fitspiration” effects: Assessing the effects of social media “fitspiration” images on female athletes
… from the social comparison theory and the self-objectification theory, this study investigated how sample examples of social media fitspiration images affect female athletes’ body image perceptions in comparison to sample examples of elite athletes' images from Instagram as well as their …
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An examination of attribute trade and weight stigma in online dating
… social dominance orientation, narcissism, objectification, self-classification of overweight status, and internalized weight bias would predict likelihood of engaging in weight bias. Study 2 examined attribute trade theory in weight stigma and online dating. It was hypothesized that a) …
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