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Bigler, Rebecca S.; Tomasetto, Carlo; McKenney, Sarah – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
Youth in Western countries are exposed to many messages that sexualize women. We selectively review the literature on sexualization with the goal of clarifying and integrating theories, constructs, and models of the pathways and mechanisms via which exposure to such messages may affect youth. In the first section of the article, we define…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Females, Social Theories, Social Change
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Carr, Erika R.; Szymanski, Dawn M. – Counseling Psychologist, 2011
Objectification Theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997) provides an important perspective for understanding the experiences of women living in a culture that sexualizes and objectifies the female body. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between interpersonal sexual objectification experiences and women's substance abuse in a…
Descriptors: Females, Drug Abuse, Young Adults, Depression (Psychology)
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Kistler, Michelle; Rodgers, Kathleen Boyce; Power, Thomas; Austin, Erica Weintraub; Hill, Laura Griner – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2010
Using social cognitive theory and structural regression modeling, we examined pathways between early adolescents' music media consumption, involvement with music media, and 3 domains of self-concept (physical appearance, romantic appeal, and global self-worth; N=124). A mediational model was supported for 2 domains of self-concept. Music media…
Descriptors: Music, Self Concept, Interpersonal Attraction, Adolescents
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Augustus-Horvath, Casey L.; Tylka, Tracy L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2011
The acceptance model of intuitive eating (Avalos & Tylka, 2006) posits that body acceptance by others helps women appreciate their body and resist adopting an observer's perspective of their body, which contribute to their eating intuitively/adaptively. We extended this model by integrating body mass index (BMI) into its structure and…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Females, Self Concept, Human Body
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Nabi, Robin L. – Human Communication Research, 2009
The recent proliferation of reality-based television programs highlighting cosmetic surgery has raised concerns that such programming promotes unrealistic expectations of plastic surgery and increases the desire of viewers to undergo such procedures. In Study 1, a survey of 170 young adults indicated little relationship between cosmetic surgery…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Surgery, Young Adults, Models
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Drigotas, Stephen M.; And Others – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1995
Advances several explanations of why loyalty may not bring expected benefits; tests these explanations by examining responses to dissatisfaction in the everyday lives of partners in ongoing dating relationships. A diary study of dating partners revealed that partners disagreed on the occurrence of loyalty. Other findings are discussed. (RJM)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Classification, Communication Research, Dating (Social)
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McDonough, Meghan H.; Crocker, Peter R. E. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2005
This study examined the factor structure of the Sport Friendship Quality Scale (SFQS; Weiss & Smith, 1999) and compared two models in which (a) self-worth mediated the relationship between physical self/friendship quality and sport commitment and (b) friendship quality and physical self-perceptions directly predicted self-worth and sport…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Early Adolescents, Females, Friendship