Interacting like a body: Objectification can lead women to narrow their presence in social interactions

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-182

  Saguy, Tamar ^a   Quinn, Diane M ^b   Dovidio, John F ^c   Pratto, Felicia ^b  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Sexual objectification; Social interactions; Talk time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHARACTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; CHARACTER; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951271068     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797609357751     Document Type: Article

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