Body Objectification and “Fat Talk”: Effects on Emotion, Motivation, and Cognitive Performance

By Kathrine D. Gapinski, K. Brownell, Marianne LaFrance. 2003

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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Effect of Environment and Appearance Compliment on College Women's Self-Objectification, Mood, Body Shame, and Cognitive Performance (2008, methodology): “” This represents an implicit measure of state self-objectification, one that has been demonstrated to be reactive to situational influences in previous experimental research (Gapinski et al., 2003; Fredrickson et al., 1998; Roberts & Gettman, 2004).”
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): “Indeed, previous experimental research suggests that inducing a temporary state of selfobjectification does foster harmful mental health consequences (e.g., Fredrickson et al. 1998; Gapinski et al. 2003; Hebl et al. 2004; Martins et al. 2007).”
The Relationship of Yoga, Body Awareness, and Body Responsiveness to Self-Objectification and Disordered Eating (2005, result): “, 1998; Gapinski, Brownell, & LaFrance, 2003; Roberts & Gettman, 2004), reduces performance on a math test suggesting interference with processes of attention (Fredrickson et al., 1998; Gapinski et al., 2003), and leads to restrained eating compared to a control condition (Fredrickson et al.”
The Effect of Thin Ideal Media Images on Women’s Self-Objectification, Mood, and Body Image (2008, background): “…(e.g., Noll and Fredrickson 1998; Tiggemann and Lynch 2001; Tiggemann and Slater 2001), decreased intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy (e.g., Gapinski et al. 2003), disordered eating (e.g., Noll and Fredrickson 1998; Tiggemann and Slater 2001), and depression (e.g., Miner-Rubino et al.…”
Objectification Theory and Psychology of Women: A Decade of Advances and Future Directions (2008, background): “In contrast to these findings, however, with racially/ ethnically diverse college women, Gapinski, Brownell, and LaFrance (2003) found that heightened self-objectification through overhearing objectifying comments or through wearing a swimsuit did not impact motivation, self-efficacy, or cognitive…”
Fat Talk and Body Image Disturbance (2017, background): “It is argued further that this approach is unsuccessful in this goal because the act of disparaging one’s appearance draws attention to one’s perceived flaws, hence encouraging negative reflections about one’s appearance (Gapinski et al., 2003; Salk & EngelnMaddox, 2012).”
Complimentary Weightism: The Potential Costs of Appearance-Related Commentary for Women's Self-Objectification (2009, background): “We know that many women in Westernized societies are exposed to appearance-based messages and commentary on a regular basis, but not all women self-objectify in response to this exposure (Calogero, Boroughs, & Thompson, 2007; Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997; Gapinski et al., 2003).”
“Putting on” Sexiness: A Content Analysis of the Presence of Sexualizing Characteristics in Girls’ Clothing (2011, background): “Other studies found similar results with African-American, Latina, and Asian-American young women and with tests in logical reasoning and spatial skills (Hebl et al. 2004; Gapinski et al. 2003).”
Fat Talk Among College Women is Both Contagious and Harmful (2012, background): “2008; Salk and Engeln-Maddox 2011); and experimental evidence that women who overhear fat talk experience increased state body dissatisfaction (Gapinski et al. 2003; Stice et al. 2003).”
Mere Exposure: Gender Differences in the Negative Effects of Priming a State of Self-Objectification (2004, background): “Fredrickson and colleagues (1998) and Gapinski, Brownell, and LaFrance (2003) experimentally manipulated a state of self-objectification by assigning participants to try on and evaluate either a swimsuit or a sweater.”
“If You’re Fat, Then I’m Humongous!” (2011, background): “Gapinski, Brownell, and LaFrance (2003) concluded that women’s exposure to the social pressure to be thin (in the form of fat talk from a female confederate) resulted in increased body dissatisfaction.”