Body guilt: Preliminary evidence for a further subjective experience of self-objectification

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 428-440

  Calogero, Rachel M ^a   Pina, Afroditi ^b  

^a VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body image; body mass index; eating disorders; guilt; objectification theory; physical appearance; self objectification; shame

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052217014     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684311408564     Document Type: Article

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