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Showing 1 to 20 of 174 for “"objectification"”.
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Objectification and creativity
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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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Sexual Objectification: From Complicity to Solidarity
… claim that women are complicit in their sexual objectification. Feminists have long struggled to demarcate the appropriate limits of feminist critiques of sexual objectification, particularly when it comes to objectifying practices which women both consent to and experience as empowering. These …
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Sexual Objectification and Gender Role Conflict as Predictors of Drive for Muscularity: A Test and Extension of Objectification Theory
Objectification theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997) is increasingly used to explain the body image-related experiences of men, as research indicates that men are at heightened risk for body image concerns because of sociocultural messages regarding appearance of the male body. However, …
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The Objectification and Blame of Revenge Porn Victims
… study sought to explore the relationship between objectification and victim blame in cases of revenge porn across cases in which the victim was sexually diverse (i.e., bisexual, lesbian, straight). Participants included in this study were straight, cisgender (i.e., identifying with the gender …
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Influence Of Gender And Race On Self-Objectification
… has emphasized the role media plays on self-objectification of women. It is possible that the media is not the only influence society has on how a woman determines her worth and value. The self-objectification theory suggests that women are socialized to determine their value based on their …
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RESISTANCE TO CULTURAL SEXUAL OBJECTIFICATION: MEASUREMENT DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC EVALUATION.
U.S. sociocultural expectations regarding women's bodies have been linked with women's psychological distress. In an effort to reveal the transformative ways in which women may be subverting systems of oppression, the current study surrounds development and validation of a quantitative measurement …
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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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Body Objectification and Elective Cosmetic Procedures in African American Women
… beauty norms and have been subjected to objectification in media and interpersonal interactions. First, this study investigated the differences between African American women and Caucasian women on three dimensions of body objectification. Body objectification was assessed through three …
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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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Professional Mathematicians' Level of Understanding: An Investigation of Pseudo-Objectification
… understanding, which is called pseudo-objectification. For this study, six professional mathematicians with research specializing in a subfield of algebra were each interviewed three times. During the first interview, the participants were given two mathematical tasks, utilizing …
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"What's your fantasy?" the sexual objectification of women in rap videos
… produces an acceptance of violence and sexual objectification toward women. The purpose of this study is to look at the sexual objectification of women in rap videos. This study will examine two questions: (1) Are men and women equally represented as artists who perform rap videos? (2) Are men …
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Body Objectification, Ethnic Identity and Cosmetic Surgery in African-American Women
… membership in their ethnic group. Body Objectification is measured by the Objectified Body Consciousness scale, which measures a woman's endorsements of surveillance, shame, and control. The sample consisted of 175 African-American women between the ages of 19 and 84. The hypothesis …
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Computer Implemented Approaches Towards the Objectification of Sampled Pathologic Voice Quality
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Female objectification, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviour in a non-clinical sample
… their bodies and to identify predictors of body objectification, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating behaviour in a non-clinical population. It was hypothesised that women, who have strongly based their identity according to societal values and gender role expectations, would be more …
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Combating self-objectification and nurturing self-concept: Art therapy interventions with adolescent girls
… 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 intervention, positive correlations were …
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Exploring the relationship between Tinder usage and body-image, self-esteem and self-objectification
… 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 gender differences that could be …
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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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The roles of dispositional flow, dispositional mindfulness, and self-compassion in the Objectification Theory Framework
… Association, 2007; Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997). Objectification theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997) was proposed to explain one process through which sexist social experiences affect women’s mental health outcomes. Objectification theory posits that women are frequently treated as objects in …
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Diverse women aging in America: Attitudes toward menopause and self-objectification in midlife and beyond
… 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 women, …
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