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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Women's Health

Background:

  • Sexual objectification negatively impacts young adult women.
  • Limited understanding of sexual objectification's effects on mid-life and older women.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Assess self-objectification and sexually objectifying experiences in women aged 18-27 and 48-90.
  • Examine the relationship between objectification, body esteem, and psychological functioning across age groups.

Main Methods:

  • Surveyed 218 women on objectification, body esteem, self-esteem, and mood/anxiety.
  • Utilized objectification theory to frame hypotheses and analyses.

Main Results:

  • Self-objectification and objectifying experiences correlated with lower body esteem, self-esteem, and higher mood/anxiety.
  • Older women reported lower objectification and better psychological functioning.
  • Self-objectification and body esteem mediated the age-related differences in self-esteem and mood/anxiety.

Conclusions:

  • Age influences the impact of self-objectification on psychological well-being.
  • Findings support objectification theory and highlight age-related patterns in objectification's effects.