Body image across the life span in adult women: the role of self-objectification.

By M. Tiggemann, J. E. Lynch. Developmental Psychology, 2001

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“Do You Even Lift, Bro?” Objectification, Minority Stress, and Body Image Concerns for Sexual Minority Men (2017, background): “Behaviorally, self-objectification manifests in the form of body surveillance, namely the constant evaluation of the extent to which one’s body matches an internalized cultural standard of attractiveness (Tiggemann & Lynch, 2001; Tiggemann & Slater, 2001).”
A Measure of Objectified Body Consciousness for Preadolescent and Adolescent Youth (2006, neutral): “…(Fredrickson, Roberts, Noll, Quinn, & Twenge, 1998; McKinley, 1999; Muehlenkamp & Saris-Baglama, 2002; Noll & Fredrickson, 1998; Slater & Tiggemann, 2002; Tiggemann & Lynch, 2001; Tiggemann & Slater, 2001), sexual dysfunction (Wiederman, 2000), and low psychological well-being (McKinley, 1999).”
Women Who Objectify Other Women: The Vicious Circle of Objectification? (2005, result): “... It can be seen from Fig. 1 that, as expected, women (M =− 3.89, SD = 14.78) reported significantly higher self-objectification than men did (M =− 9.91, SD = 11.98), t(129) = 2.57, p <. 05. Notably, however, just 24% of men (16 of 68) and 43% of women (27 of 64) reported a selfobjectification sco”
Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescent Boys and Girls: Objectified Body Consciousness, Internalization of the Media Body Ideal and Perceived Pressure from Media (2008, background): “Research has shown that during puberty, girls begin to objectify their bodies (Fredrickson and Roberts 1997; Lindberg et al. 2006) and that younger women objectify their bodies more than older women (McKinley 2006; Tiggemann and Lynch 2001 ).”
Appearance-Related Social Networking Sites and Body Image in Young Women: Testing an Objectification-Social Comparison Model (2020, background): “This finding supports the notion within objectification theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997) that body checking behaviors may manifest directly as appearance anxiety (e.g., Tiggemann & Kuring, 2004; Tiggemann & Lynch, 2001; Tiggemann & Williams, 2012).”
Testing a Culture-Specific Extension of Objectification Theory Regarding African American Women's Body Image (2008, background): “…theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997) and paralleling evidence from mostly European American women (Fredrickson et al., 1998; Noll & Fredrickson, 1998; Tiggemann & Lynch, 2001; Tiggemann & Slater, 2001), African American women’s surveillance of their own body shape and size predicted body shame.”
Body Objectification and “Fat Talk”: Effects on Emotion, Motivation, and Cognitive Performance (2003, background): “Objectification may decrease as women age (McKinley, 1999; Tiggemann & Lynch, 2001 ), but what is its cost across the lifespan? Throughout most of the life cycle, women could be at increased risk for eating disorders, sexual dysfunction, and depression in part as a function of objectification (Fred”
Body Image and Beliefs About Appearance: Constraints on the Leisure of College-Age and Middle-Age Women (2006, background): “This study supported conclusions by Tiggemann and Lynch (2001) that body image remains a constant issue throughout the life span.”
Body Image Concerns in Young Girls: The Role of Peers and Media Prior to Adolescence (2006, result): “In contrast, the cognitive measure based on figure ratings (desire for thinness) was not related to self-esteem as has been found in women and adolescent girls (Lawrence and Thelen, 1995; Ricciardelli and McCabe, 2001b; Tiggemann and Lynch, 2001 ).”
Sculpting the Body Beautiful: Attachment Style, Neuroticism, and Use of Cosmetic Surgeries (2002, background): “In response to this dissatisfaction, women are more likely to suffer from eating disorders in an effort to control their appearance (e.g., Noll & Fredrickson, 1998; Tiggemann & Lynch, 2001).”
Self-Objectification Among Physically Active Women (2005, methodology): “Some research support for this hypothesis exists as Tiggemann and Lynch (2001) and McKinley (1999) have found that younger women report higher levels of self-objectification and self-surveillance than do older women.”
A Test of Objectification Theory in Adolescent Girls (2002, background): “Only a few studies have investigated the proposed model in older samples than undergraduate students (McKinley, 1999; Tiggemann & Lynch, 2001 ), but to date, no study has examined Objectification Theory in younger people.”
Female Self-Sexualization in MySpace.com Personal Profile Photographs (2012, background): “This is not to say that these women are immune to the forces of an objectifying cultural, or that they are protected from the psychological consequences of shame and anxiety associated with their body type ( Tiggemann and Linch 2001; Tylka and Hill 2004).”
The Role of Self-Objectification in Disordered Eating, Depressed Mood, and Sexual Functioning Among Women (2011, result): “…Steer & Tiggemann, 2008; Tiggemann & Kuring, 2004; Tiggemann & Slater, 2001; Tylka & Hill, 2004), with appearance anxiety (Tiggemann & Kuring, 2004; Tiggemann & Lynch, 2001), with body dissatisfaction or body esteem (Daubenmier, 2005; McKinley, 1998; McKinley & Hyde, 1996), and with disordered…”
The Impact of Sexually Objectifying Media Exposure on Negative Body Emotions and Sexual Self-Perceptions: Investigating the Mediating Role of Body Self-Consciousness (2007, background): “…has found support for many of these outcomes, including depleted task performance, lower self-efficacy, negative body emotions, depressive symptoms, and eating disorder symptomatology (e.g., Fredrickson, Roberts, Noll, Quinn, & Twenge, 1998; Noll & Fredrickson, 1998; Tiggemann & Lynch, 2001).”