The Role of Self-objectification in Women’s Depression: A Test of Objectification Theory

By Dawn M. Szymanski, Stacy L. Henning. 2007

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Gender Studies

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Female Self-Sexualization in MySpace.com Personal Profile Photographs (2012, background): “Self-objectification has been linked to increased shame (McKinley 1998), depression and disordered eating (Muehlenkamp and Saris-Baglama 2002; Szymanski and Henning 2007; Tiggemann and Kuring 2004), impaired performance related to cognitive load (Gay and Castano 2010), substance abuse (Carr and Sz”
Assessing the Role of Body Image Coping Strategies as Mediators or Moderators of the Links Between Self-Objectification, Body Shame, and Well-Being (2009, background): “In samples of American and Australian women, research has shown that body shame can account, partially or fully, for the relations between self-objectification and indicators of poor mental health, including disordered eating (e.g., Calogero et al. 2005; Greenleaf 2005; Greenleaf and McGreer 2006; N”
Internalized Misogyny as a Moderator of the Link between Sexist Events and Women’s Psychological Distress (2009, background): “It is possible that the relationships between external and internalized sexism and psychological distress become weaker as women age and develop more cognitive, emotional, and/or social resources to buffer themselves from sexism ( Szymanski and Henning 2007 ).”
Television's Role in the Culture of Violence Toward Women: A Study of Television Viewing and the Cultivation of Rape Myth Acceptance in the United States (2011, background): “…women, but also may lead men and women to internalize related norms (Burt, 1980, p. 229); both men and women exhibit attitudes consistent with the objectification of women (Szymanski & Henning, 2007), seen in the public attitudes towards rape evidenced in rape myths (Lonsway & Fitzgerald, 1994).”
A Test and Extension of Objectification Theory as It Predicts Disordered Eating: Does Women's Age Matter?. (2009, background): “Some studies suggested that older women experience less selfobjectification than do young adult college women (Greenleaf, 2005; McKinley, 1999; Szymanski & Henning, 2007; Tiggemann & Lynch, 2001), although one study did not uncover any age differences (Hill, 2003).”
The Role of Self-Objectification in Disordered Eating, Depressed Mood, and Sexual Functioning Among Women (2011, methodology): “Compared to the earlier studies, the measure of flow developed by Szymanski and Henning (2007) encompassed a broader conceptualization of flow based on Csikszentmihalyi’s (1990) description of common characteristics of peak motivational states, and hence it is the measure we adopted in the present…”
Sexual Objectification of Women: Advances to Theory and Research 1ψ7 (2011, background): “Most research on objectification theory has focused on disordered eating as the outcome variable (Szymanski & Henning, 2007); thus, more research is needed on depression and sexual dysfunction.”
Objectification Theory and Psychology of Women: A Decade of Advances and Future Directions (2008, methodology): “…women who were predominantly White or of unknown racial/ethnic background, data were consistent with the mediating role of body shame in the positive relation of body surveillance with depressive symptoms (Muehlenkamp, Swanson, & Brausch, 2005; Szymanski & Henning, 2007; Tiggemann & Kuring, 2004).”
Self-Objectification, Disordered Eating, and Depression (2011, background): “…there are indeed strong correlations between self-objectification and a number of negative outcomes for women, including body shame and social physique anxiety (Calogero, 2004) as well as eating disorder symptoms and depression (e.g., Calogero, Davis, & Thompson, 2005; Szymanski & Henning, 2007).”
Self-Compassion and Body Dissatisfaction in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Meditation Intervention (2014, background): “…the development of eating pathology (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) and are also associated with higher levels of depression and anxiety (Szymanski and Henning 2007; Van den Berg et al. 2007), lower self-esteem (Grossbard et al. 2009), poorer quality of life (Ganem et al. 2009),…”
Sexual Objectification and Substance Abuse in Young Adult Women (2011, background): “…1996; Moradi et al., 2005; Morry & Staska, 2001; Muehlenkamp & SarisBaglama, 2002; Noll & Fredrickson, 1998; Tiggemann & Kuring, 2004; Tiggemann & Slater, 2001; Tylka & Hill, 2004) and depression (Miner-Rubino, Twenge, & Frederickson, 2002; Szymanski & Henning, 2007; Tiggemann & Kuring, 2004).”
Integrating Social Comparison Theory and Self-Esteem within Objectification Theory to Predict Women’s Disordered Eating (2010, background): “Other researchers have found support that body shame is linked to depression (Szymanski and Henning 2007) and sexual dysfunction (Steer and Tiggemann 2008), although sexual objectification, self-esteem, and body comparison have not been explored within these studies.”
Experiences of Sexual Objectification, Minority Stress, and Disordered Eating Among Sexual Minority Women (2015, methodology): “To provide more rigorous examination of the proposed relationships, we controlled for age in the analyses because research has found that it is an important covariate among objectification theory variables (Szymanski & Henning, 2007; Tiggemann & Lynch, 2001).”
Self-Objectification, Self-Esteem, and Gender: Testing a Moderated Mediation Model (2010, background): “However, whereas some researchers have found associations between appearance anxiety and both disordered eating and depression among women (e.g., Greenleaf and McGreer 2006; Szymanski and Henning 2007; Tiggemann and Kuring 2004), as well as between appearance anxiety and depression among men (Tigg”
Instagram Use and Self-Objectification: The Roles of Internalization, Comparison, Appearance Commentary, and Feminism (2018, background): “These damaging psychological corollaries have been shown to contribute to a number of negative mental health outcomes, including depression (Szymanski & Henning, 2007; Tiggemann & Williams, 2012), sexual dysfunction (Calogero & Thompson, 2009; Tiggemann & 2 Williams, 2012), and disordered eating…”