Social Comparison and the ‘Circle of Objectification’

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The Mediating Role of Appearance Comparisons in the Relationship Between Media Usage and Self-Objectification in Young Women (2015, background): “Although self-objectification and body dissatisfaction are associated with one another (Halliwell et al., 2011; Lindner et al., 2012), they are two separate constructs.”
The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Self-Objectification Beliefs and Behaviors Scale (2017, methodology): “From a practical perspective, there was significant data loss in Study 1 due to incorrect completion of the SOQ, a problem that has been documented elsewhere (e.g., Lindner et al., 2012; Myers & Crowther, 2007).”
Sexualized Avatars Lead to Women’s Self-Objectification and Acceptance of Rape Myths (2015, background): “RMA is the endorsement of false beliefs about rape that typically place blame on the victim rather than the perpetrator (Brownmiller, 1975; Burt, 1980; Lonsway & Fitzgerald, 1994).”
My Eyes Are Up Here: The Nature of the Objectifying Gaze Toward Women (2013, background): “This is also consistent with findings that women who selfobjectify, internalizing the male objectifying gaze, not only see their own bodies, but also the bodies of other women through an objectifying lens (Johnson and Gurung 2011; Lindner et al. 2012; Puvia and Vaes 2012 for sample with Italian stud”