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.
