Body Image and Disordered Eating in Adolescent Girls and Boys: A Test of Objectification Theory

By A. Slater, M. Tiggemann. 2010

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This study aimed to test components of objectification theory in a large sample of adolescent girls and boys. Participants were 714 Australian adolescents (382 boys, 332 girls) ranging in age from 12 to 16 years who completed questionnaire measures of body surveillance, body shame, appearance anxiety and disordered eating. Although it was found that girls displayed higher levels of body surveillance, body shame, appearance anxiety and disordered eating than boys, the model proposed by objectification theory was largely supported for both girls and boys. It was concluded that objectification theory appears applicable to adolescents of both genders.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Pharmacy

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Bonnie Moradi
2. M. Tiggemann
3. A. Slater
4. C. Brown
5. Ilyssa Salomon
6. Veya Seekis
7. Amanda L. Duffy
8. Graham Bradley

In Pharmacy

1. Bonnie Moradi
2. Ilyssa Salomon
3. C. Brown
4. A. Slater
5. M. Tiggemann
6. Veya Seekis
7. Amanda L. Duffy
8. Graham Bradley

Citations in the corpus

• The Selfie Generation: Examining the Relationship Between Social Media Use and Early Adolescent Body Image (2019, methodology): “However, based on previous research that demonstrated higher levels of negative body image among adolescent girls (Slater & Tiggemann, 2010), it was hypothesized that girls would have higher levels of body shame and body surveillance than boys overall.”
• Media Exposure, Extracurricular Activities, and Appearance-Related Comments as Predictors of Female Adolescents’ Self-Objectification (2015, background): “In a larger sample of Australian female adolescents, Slater and Tiggemann (2010) confirmed aspects of the original model, with self-surveillance shown to relate to both body shame and appearance anxiety, which in turn related to disordered eating.”
• Addressing Gender and Cultural Diversity in Body Image: Objectification Theory as a Framework for Integrating Theories and Grounding Research (2010, methodology): “Four of the five studies in this issue that were explicitly grounded in objectification theory used body surveillance as the indicator of self-objectification (Calogero et al. 2010 ;R olnik et al.2010; Slater and Tiggemann 2010; Tylka and Sabik 2010); one study that used the 20 Statement Test to e”
• Appearance-Related Social Networking Sites and Body Image in Young Women: Testing an Objectification-Social Comparison Model (2020, background): “In line with this definition, several authors have used body surveillance as a proxy of self- objectification, rather than attempting to assess self- objectification per se (e.g., Kozee & Tylka, 2006; Rolnik et al., 2010; Slater & Tiggemann, 2010).”