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- Title
The Psychophysiological Consequences of State Self-Objectification and Predictors of Clothing-Related Distress.
- Authors
Green, Melinda A.; Read, Katherine E.; Davids, Christopher M.; Kugler, David W.; Jepson, Amanda J.; Stillman, Ashley; Fuller, Kelly; Ohrt, Tara K.
- Abstract
Using a within-participants experimental design, the psychophysiological impact of objectified versus non-objectified clothing conditions in a sample of college women ( n == 28) was examined. Participants showed significantly lower mean heart rate (HR) in the objectified compared to the non-objectified condition within the first 6 seconds of stimulus onset, indicative of an orienting response (OR). The effect persisted at 5 minutes and did not vary as a function of trait self-objectification. Results further inform objectification theory, suggesting a psychophysiological mechanism that may explain reduced cognitive processing in objectified states. A secondary aim was to examine prospective predictors of clothing-related distress. Weight, thin-ideal internalization, social comparison, and trait self-objectification predicted negative affect, state anxiety, and body preferences following clothing conditions but not HR changes from objectified to non-objectified conditions. Partial regression coefficients suggest maladaptive social comparison predicted negative affect, state anxiety, and a smaller preferred body type following clothing try on. Results suggest maladaptive social comparison may play an important role in clothing-related distress. Findings provide further support for social ranking theory.
- Subjects
EXPERIMENTAL design; PSYCHOANALYSIS; ANXIETY; HEART beat; SOCIAL sciences &; psychoanalysis
- Publication
Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 2012, Vol 31, Issue 2, p194
- ISSN
0736-7236
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1521/jscp.2012.31.2.194