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Calogero, Rachel M.; Pina, Afroditi – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2011
Two studies investigated body guilt (i.e., feeling regret and remorse over how the body looks and a desire for reparative action to "fix" the body) within the framework of objectification theory among predominantly White British undergraduate women. In Study 1 (N = 225), participants completed self-report measures of interpersonal sexual…
Descriptors: Evidence, Females, Self Concept, Anxiety
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Calogero, Rachel M.; Herbozo, Sylvia; Thompson, J. Kevin – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2009
Little is known about the effects of receiving compliments about appearance. An ethnically diverse sample of 220 college women completed self-report measures of appearance commentary, trait self-objectification, body surveillance, and body dissatisfaction. Results indicated that the impact of appearance criticisms and compliments, but not their…
Descriptors: Criticism, Self Concept, Interpersonal Attraction, College Students
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Park, Lora E.; DiRaddo, Ann Marie; Calogero, Rachel M. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2009
The present research examined the influence of parents, peers, and the media in predicting college students' Appearance-based Rejection Sensitivity (Appearance-RS)--the degree to which individuals anxiously expect to be rejected based on their physical appearance. Given that women are socialized to be more appearance-focused than men, women were…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Parent Influence, Rejection (Psychology)