The romance of self-objectification: Does priming romantic relationships induce states of self-objectification among women?

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 545-554

  Sanchez, Diana T ^a   Broccoli, Tara L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Objectification; Priming; Romantic relationships; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549123614     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9451-1     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. J. S. Aubrey 2006 Effects of sexually objectifying media on self-objectification and body surveillance in undergraduates: Results of a 2-year panel study Journal of Communication 56 366 386
2. Bargh, J. A., & Chartrand, T. L. (2000). The mind in the middle: A practical guide to priming and automaticity research. In H. T. Reiss, & C. M. Judd (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in social and personality psychology (pp. 253-285). New York: Cambridge University Press.
3. Bartky, S. L. (1990). Foucault, femininity, and the modernization of patriarchal power. In S. L. Bartky (Ed.), Femininity and domination: Studies in the phenomenology of oppression (pp. 63-83). New York: Routledge.
4. Bartky, S. L. (2003). Foucault, femininity, and the modernization of patriarchal power. In R. Weitz (Ed.), The politics of women's bodies (pp. 25-45). New York: Oxford University Press.
5. J. E. O. Blakemore C. A. Lawton L. R. Vartanian 2005 I can't wait to get married: Gender differences in drive to marry Sex Roles 53 327 335
6. Bordo, S. (1993). Unbearable weight: Feminism, western culture, and the body. Berkeley: University of California Press.
7. D. M. Buss 1989 Sex differences in human mate selection: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures Behavioral and Brain Sciences 12 1 49
8. T. F. Cash 1995 Developmental teasing about physical appearance: Retrospective descriptions and relationships with body image Social Behavior and Personality 23 123 129
9. Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences (2nd ed.). Hillsdale: Lawrence Earlbaum.
10. D. P. Crowne D. Marlowe 1960 A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology Journal of Consulting Psychology 24 349 354
11. B. M. DePaulo W. L. Morris 2006 The unrecognized stereotyping and discrimination against singles Current Directions in Psychological Science 15 251 254
12. D. Downs S. James G. Cowan 2006 Body objectification, self-esteem, and relationship satisfaction: A comparison of exotic dancers and college women Sex Roles 54 745 752
13. B. L. Fredrickson T. Roberts 1997 Objectification theory: Toward understanding women's lived experiences and mental health risks Psychology of Women Quarterly 22 173 206
14. B. L. Fredrickson T. A. Roberts S. M. Noll D. M. Quinn J. M. Twenge 1998 That swimsuit becomes you: Sex differences in self-objectification, restrained eating, and math performance Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 75 269 284
15. H. Frith K. Gleeson 2004 Clothing and embodiment: Men managing body image and appearance Psychology of Men and Masculinity 5 40 48
16. Gaesser, G. (1996). Big fat lies: The truth about your weight and your health. New York: Fawcett Columbine.
17. Galacian, M. L. (2004). Sex, love, and romance in the mass media: Analysis and criticism of unrealistic portrayals and their influence. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.
18. C. T. Halpern R. B. King S. G. Oslak J. R. Udry 2005 Body mass index, dieting, romance, and sexual activity in adolescent girls: Relationships over time Journal of Research on Adolescence 15 535 559
19. Z. A. T. Harrell B. L. Fredrickson C. S. Pomerleau S. Nolen-Hoeksema 2006 The role of trait self-objectification in smoking among college women Sex Roles 54 735 743
20. Holland, D. C. (1993). Educated in romance: Women, achievement, and college culture. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
21. Johnson, S. (2007). Promoting easy sex without genuine intimacy: Maxim and Cosmopolitan cover lines and cover images. In M. Galician, & D. L. Merskin (Eds.), Critical thinking about sex, love, and romance in the mass media (pp. 55-74). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
22. D. C. Jones T. H. Vigfusdottir Y. Lee 2004 Body image and the appearance culture among adolescent girls and boys Journal of Adolescent Research 19 323 339
23. C. S. Lamb L. A. Jackson P. B. Cassidy D. J. Priest 1993 Body figure preferences of men and women: A comparison of two generations Sex Roles 28 345 358
24. B. H. Long 1988 Heterosexual involvement of unmarried under-graduate females in relation to self-evaluations Journal of Youth and Adolescents 18 489 500
25. D. E. Meyer R. W. Schevaneveldt 1971 Facilitation in recognizing pairs of words: Evidence of a dependence between retrieval operations Journal of Experimental Psychology 90 227 234
26. S. M. Noll B. L. Fredrickson 1998 A mediational model linking self-objectification, body shame, and disordered eating Psychology of Women Quarterly 22 623 636
27. L. E. Park 2007 Appearance-based rejection sensitivity: Implications for mental and physical health, affect, and motivation Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 33 490 504
28. K. Peirce 1990 A feminist theoretical perspective on the socialization of teenage girls through Seventeen magazine Sex Roles 23 491 500
29. P. C. Regan E. Berscheid 1995 Gender differences in beliefs about the causes of male and female desire Personal Relationships 2 345 358
30. T. A. Roberts J. Y. Gettman 2004 Mere exposure: Gender differences in the negative effects of priming a state of self-objectification Sex Roles 51 17 27
31. Rosenberg, M. (1965). Society and the adolescent self-image. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
32. L. A. Rudman J. B. Heppen 2003 Implicit romantic fantasies and women's interest in personal power: A glass slipper effect? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 29 1357 1370
33. D. T. Sanchez A. K. Kiefer 2007 Body concerns in and out of the bedroom: Implications for sexual pleasure and problems Archives of Sexual Behavior 36 808 820
34. D. T. Sanchez T. Kwang 2007 When relationships become her: Revisiting body concerns from a relationship contingency perspective Psychology of Women Quarterly 31 401 414
35. D. T. Sanchez A. K. Kiefer O. Ybarra 2006 Sexual submissiveness in women: Costs for autonomy Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 32 512 524
36. D. T. Sanchez J. Good T. Kwang E. Saltzman 2008 When finding a mate becomes urgent: Why relationship contingency predicts men's and women's body shame Social Psychology 39 90 102
37. J. A. Schlenker S. L. Caron W. A. Halteman 1998 A feminist analysis of Seventeen magazine: Content analysis from 1945 to 1995 Sex Roles 38 135 149
38. Schneider, W., Eschman, A., & Zuccolotto, A. (2002). E-prime user's guide. Pittsburgh: Psychology Software Tools Inc.
39. B. Silverstein L. Perdue B. Peterson E. Kelly 1986 The role of the mass media in promoting a thin standard of bodily attractiveness for women Sex Roles 14 519 532
40. J. E. Smith V. A. Waldorf D. L. Trembath 1990 'Single White male looking for thin, very attractive...' Sex Roles 23 675 685
41. Stockdale, M. S. (1996). Sexual harassment in the workplace: Perspectives, frontiers, and response strategies. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
42. P. Strelan D. Hargreaves 2005 Women who objectify other women: The vicious circle of objectification? Sex Roles 52 707 712
43. Thompson, J. K. (1996). Body image, eating disorders, and obesity: An integrative guide for assessment and treatment. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
44. M. Tiggemann J. E. Lynch 2001 Body image across the life span in adult women: The role of self-objectification Developmental Psychology 37 243 253
45. M. Tiggemann J. K. Kuring 2004 The role of body objectification in disordered eating and depressed mood British Journal of Clinical Psychology 43 299 311
46. D. L. Tolman E. A. Impett A. J. Tracy A. Michael 2006 Looking good, sounding good: Femininity ideology and adolescent girls' mental health Psychology of Women Quarterly 30 85 95
47. M. W. Wiederman S. R. Hurst 1998 Body size, physical attractiveness, and body image among young adult women: Relationships to sexual experience and sexual esteem Journal of Sex Research 35 272 281