Others as Objects: How Women and Men Perceive the Consequences of Self-Objectification

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 657-671

  Newheiser, Anna Kaisa ^a   LaFrance, Marianne ^a   Dovidio, John F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotions; Gender differences; Self objectification; Sexual objectification

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649744705     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9879-y     Document Type: Article

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