Body objectification and depression in adolescents: The role of gender, shame, and rumination

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作者
Grabe, Shelly [1 ]
Hyde, Janet Shibley [1 ]
Lindberg, Sara M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Psychol, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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10.1111/j.1471-6402.2007.00350.x
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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Objectification theory posits that the tendency to view oneself as an object to be looked at and evaluated by others negatively affects girls', but not boys', subjective well-being. Although it has been established that women self-objectify more than men, research in this area has been limited to the study of adult college women. The aim in the current longitudinal study was to investigate the role of body shame and rumination in the link between self-objectification and depression among a community sample of girls and boys at ages 11 and 13. Results indicated that adolescent girls reported higher levels of self-objectification, body shame, rumination, and depression than boys. The findings support a model in which body shame and rumination mediate a direct relation between self-objectification and depression among girls; developmentally, the gender difference in self-objectification appears before the gender differences in rumination and depression.
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