Journal article
"Stop Looking at Me!": Interpersonal Sexual Objectification as a Source of Insidious Trauma
Psychology of women quarterly, v 39(3), pp 363-374
01 Sep 2015
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Abstract
Objectification has been conceptualized as a form of insidious trauma, but the specific relationships among objectification experiences, self-objectification, and trauma symptoms have not yet been investigated. Participants were women with (n = 136) and without (n = 201) a history of sexual trauma. They completed a survey measuring trauma history, objectification experiences (body evaluation and unwanted sexual advances), constructs associated with self-objectification (body surveillance and body shame), and trauma symptoms. The relationships among the variables were consistent for both women with and without a history of sexual trauma. Our hypothesized path model fit equally well for both groups. Examination of the indirect effects showed that experiencing unwanted sexual advances was indirectly related to trauma symptoms through body shame for those with and without a history of sexual trauma. Additionally, for women with a history of sexual trauma, the experience of body evaluation was indirectly related to trauma symptoms through the mediating variables of body surveillance and body shame. The data indicate that the experience of sexual objectification is a type of gender-based discrimination with sequelae that can be conceptualized as insidious trauma. Clinicians may consider the impact of these everyday traumatic experiences when working with women who have clinical symptoms but no overt trauma history.
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- Title
- "Stop Looking at Me!": Interpersonal Sexual Objectification as a Source of Insidious Trauma
- Creators
- Haley Miles-McLean - University of Mary WashingtonMiriam Liss - University of Mary WashingtonMindy J. Erchull - University of Mary WashingtonCaitlin M. Robertson - University of Mary WashingtonCharlotte Hagerman - University of Mary WashingtonMichelle A. Gnoleba - University of Mary WashingtonLeanna J. Papp - University of Mary Washington
- Publication Details
- Psychology of women quarterly, v 39(3), pp 363-374
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 12
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- WELL Center
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000359146500006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84938601131
- Other Identifier
- 991021862296804721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary
- Women's Studies