Objectification in Action: Self- and Other-Objectification in Mixed-Sex Interpersonal Interactions

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 213-228

  Garcia, Randi L ^a,b   Earnshaw, Valerie A ^a,c   Quinn, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

actor partner interdependence model; authenticity; dyads; gender differences; interpersonal interaction; objectification; social identity

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION; CAREER; COMFORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; PERCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TEACHING;

EID: 84969753241     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684315614966     Document Type: Article

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