Self-objectification and well-being in women's daily lives

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 583-598

  Breines, Juliana G ^a   Crocker, Jennifer ^b   Garcia, Julie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appearance; Contingencies of self worth; Self esteem; Self objectification; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TEMPERAMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STUDENTS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 42149149835     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207313727     Document Type: Article

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