Self-objectification, habitual body monitoring, and body dissatisfaction in older European American women: Exploring age and feminism as moderators

Body Image

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-182

  Grippo, Karen P ^a   Hill, Melanie S ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Feminism; Feminist attitudes; Habitual body monitoring; Middle aged women; Objectification theory; Older women; Self objectification; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY IMAGE; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HABIT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; BODY IMAGE; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HABITS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME;

EID: 44249127672     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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