Self-objectification, body shame, and disordered eating: Testing a core mediational model of objectification theory among White, Black, and Hispanic women
| Autor: | Jessie E. Menzel, Rachel M. Calogero, J. Kevin Thompson, Ross Krawczyk, Lauren M. Schaefer, Natasha L. Burke |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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050103 clinical psychology Social Psychology Adolescent Universities media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group Shame 050109 social psychology Article White People Developmental psychology Feeding and Eating Disorders Young Adult Multivariate analysis of variance Body Image Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Generalizability theory Objectification Disordered eating Students General Psychology Applied Psychology media_common White (horse) 05 social sciences Hispanic or Latino Black or African American Self-objectification Female Psychology |
| Popis: | Objectification theory asserts that self-objectification, which manifests as self-surveillance, leads to increased body shame and subsequent eating pathology. Although evidence supports the core mediational model, the majority of this work utilizes primarily White samples, limiting generalizability to other ethnic groups. The current study examined whether the core tenets of objectification theory generalize to Black and Hispanic women. Participants were 880 college women from the United States (71.7% White, 15.1% Hispanic, 13.2% Black) who completed self-report measures of self-surveillance, body shame, and disordered eating. Multivariate analysis of variance tests indicated lower levels of self-surveillance and disordered eating among Black women. Moreover, body shame mediated the relationship between self-surveillance and disordered eating for White and Hispanic women, but not for Black women. These analyses support growing evidence for the role of body shame as a mediator between body surveillance and eating pathology, but only for women in certain ethnic groups. |
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