Self-Objectification in Women: Causes, Consequences, and Counteractions

Author:   Rachel M Calogero ,  Stacey Tantleff-Dunn ,  J. Kevin Thompson
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
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Pages:   254
Publication Date:   15 November 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Rachel M Calogero ,  Stacey Tantleff-Dunn ,  J. Kevin Thompson
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
Imprint:   American Psychological Association
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9781433807985


ISBN 10:   143380798
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   15 November 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
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Contributors Acknowledgments I. Introduction and Assessment Objectification Theory: An Introduction  Rachel M. Calogero, Stacey Tantleff-Dunn, and J. Kevin Thompson Operationalizing Self-Objectification: Assessment and Related Methodological Issues  Rachel M. Calogero II. Sexual and Self-Objectification The Sexualization of Girls and Women as a Primary Antecedent of Self-Objectification  Linda Smolak and Sarah K. Murnen The Birthmark: An Existential Account of the Objectification of Women  Jamie L. Goldenberg and Tomi-Ann Roberts Continuity and Change in Self-Objectification: Taking a Life-Span Approach to Women's Experiences of Objectified Body Consciousness  Nita Mary McKinley III. Consequences of Self-Objectification Performance and Flow: A Review and Integration of Self-Objectification Research  Diane M. Quinn, Stephenie R. Chaudoir, and Rachel W. Kallen Mental Health Risks of Self-Objectification: A Review of the Empirical Evidence for Disordered Eating, Depressed Mood, and Sexual Dysfunction  Marika Tiggemann IV. Prevention and Disruption of Sexual and Self-Objectification Embodying Experiences and the Promotion of Positive Body Image: The Example of Competitive Athletics  Jessie E. Menzel and Michael P. Levine Fighting Self-Objectification in Prevention and Intervention Contexts  Tracy L. Tylka and Casey L. Augustus-Horvath V. Concluding Remarks Future Directions for Research and Practice  Rachel M. Calogero, Stacey Tantleff-Dunn, and J. Kevin Thompson Index About the Editors

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Rachel M. Calogero, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology at Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk. She completed her PhD in social psychology in 2007 at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, where she subsequently held a postdoctoral research fellowship funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.   Dr. Calogero has published and presented extensively on self-objectification in women, with particular interest in the environmental and sociocultural antecedents of self-objectification.   Her research also includes investigations of sexist ideology, fat prejudice, disordered eating and exercise practices, and closed-mindedness. As a social psychologist, her interests include an analysis of the sociocultural, social–cognitive, and self processes that contribute to the legitimization of oppressive social practices.   Stacey Tantleff-Dunn, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Central Florida. She received her BA from George Washington University in 1989 and her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of South Florida in 1995.   Dr. Tantleff-Dunn joined the faculty at the University of Central Florida in 1996 and founded the Laboratory for the Study of Eating, Appearance, and Health. Her research area is body image, particularly interpersonal and media influences on body image. Her research and clinical work include a focus on interpersonal psychotherapy, particularly as they relate to body image, eating disturbance, and obesity.   Dr. Tantleff-Dunn is coauthor of Exacting Beauty: Theory, Assessment and Treatment of Body Image Disturbance, and she serves on the editorial boards of Body Image: An International Journal of Research and Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention.   She has over 15 years of clinical experience providing direct services and supervision of assessment and psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and families.   J. Kevin Thompson, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of South Florida in Tampa. His research interests include body image, eating disorders, and obesity.   He has been an associate editor of Body Image: An International Journal of Research since 2003 and has been on the editorial board of the International Journal of Eating Disorders since 1990. He has authored, coauthored, edited, or coedited eight previous books in the areas of body image, eating disorders, and obesity.  

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