by Meryl Menezes, Anna Higginbotham, Jessica Raiford, and Aidan McClanahan
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jennifer Mailloux
A significant indirect effect of body surveillance (a component of self-objectification) on sexual satisfaction through body shame (the other component of self-objectification), sexual attractiveness, and cognitive distraction during sex was found in a sample of younger women. However, this indirect effect was not found in sample of older women indicating that age, or a correlate of age, may influence the relationships between the variables in our model.
Really interesting study! I wonder if there is some outside societal/environmental factor that younger women pay more attention to than older women.
Great job, Meryl 🙂
Professor Dunn
So nice to see your work, Anna! Very interesting . . .
Gregg Stull
Even though I had to miss the WGST research forum, I’m glad I was still able to see your poster and learn about your project – interesting work.
Great job Mailloux’s team! Your model makes perfect conceptual sense and really adds to the objectification theory literature!
Great work and good to see a diverse sample in age. Your results show how important it is not to rely only on college freshmen in psychology research!