Absorbing Society’s Influence: Body Image Self-Discrepancy and Internalized Shame

By Gayle R. Bessenoff, Danielle Snow. 2006

130 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. J. Chrisler
2. D. Quinn
3. V. B. Agocha
4. Nicole M. Overstreet
5. Bonnie Moradi
6. Lesley Hoggart

In Social Psychology

1. J. Chrisler
2. D. Quinn
3. V. B. Agocha
4. Nicole M. Overstreet
5. Lesley Hoggart

Citations in the corpus

• Leaks, Lumps, and Lines (2011, background): “…women who internalize the cultural body ideal and see themselves as deviating from it are especially likely to report body-related shame (Bessenoff & Snow, 2006), and women with higher scores on the body shame factor of the Objectified Body Consciousness scale also agreed that…”
• Erratum to: Beyond Thinness: The Influence of a Curvaceous Body Ideal on Body Dissatisfaction in Black and White Women (2010, background): “Moreover, when women evaluate themselves against media ideals of unattainable beauty standards and find a discrepancy between their own attractiveness and that of an idealized image, the consequences can be costly ( Bessenoff and Snow 2006 ).”