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更多资源/ Relationship between trait self-objectification and body shame for men Relationship between experimental condition and body shame for women * State self-objectification produces body shame for women only! * “That Swimsuit Becomes You: Sex Differences in Self-Objectification, Restrained Eating, and Math Performance” Melissa Eells Objectification Theory “…women, more so than men, are portrayed as though their bodies were capable of representing them.” [Duncan, 1990; Fromme Beam, 1974; Gardner, 1980; Goffman, 1979; Soley Kurzbard, 1986; Frederickson Roberts, 1997; Van Zoonen, 1994; Bartkey, 1990; Henley, 1977] …posits that these objectifying views are internalized, and, in anticipation of external judgement, women learn to judge themselves. This is called: SELF-OBJECTIFICATION Self-Objectification can be either: TRAIT Personality trait, e.g. how chronically focused on appearance are you? STATE When a specific context causes you to be self-conscious, in an evaluative way The Problem! Consequences of Self-Objectification this vigilant self-monitoring drains mental energy and consumes attentional resources from important activities manifested in diminished mental performance Increased shame and anxiety Disordered eating Experiment 1: HypothesisSelf-Objectification produces BODY SHAME, which in turn predicts RESTRAINED EATING Trait self-objectification measured to determine individual baseline State self-objectification manipulated by randomly assigning participants to experimental condition (either swimsuit or sweater) BODY SHAME measured in disguised questionnaire RESTRAINED EATING measured in “consumer report taste test” N = 72 (all women) BODY SHAME Variables Explanatory Categorical: trait self-objectification and experimental condition Response Quantitative: body shame RESTRAINED EATING Given 2 cookies and asked to evaluate. Experimenters wanted to measure how much participants ate to determine relationship between self-objectification, sh