Self-objectification and eating disorder pathology in an ethnically diverse sample of adult women: cross-sectional and short-term longitudinal associations

Abstract Background Extensive support exists for objectification theory’s original aim of explaining patterns of women’s mental health risk through a sociocultural lens. One pathway in objectification theory proposes a mediational role of body shame in the relationship between self-objectification a...

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Main Authors: Lisa Smith Kilpela, Rachel Calogero, Salomé A. Wilfred, Christina L. Verzijl, Willie J. Hale, Carolyn Black Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Eating Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-019-0273-z