Objects Don't Object: Evidence That Self-Objectification Disrupts Women's Social Activism

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 312-318

  Calogero, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

motivation; priming; sex role attitudes; social behavior; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875027684     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612452574     Document Type: Article

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