Embodiment Feels Better: Girls' Body Objectification and Well-Being across Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Impett, Emily A.; Henson, James M.; Breines, Juliana G.; Schooler, Deborah; Tolman, Deborah L.
Titel	Embodiment Feels Better: Girls' Body Objectification and Well-Being across Adolescence
Quelle	In: Psychology of Women Quarterly, 35 (2011) 1, S.46-58 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-6843
DOI	10.1177/0361684310391641
Schlagwörter	Longitudinal Studies; Human Body; Ethnicity; Females; Sexuality; Media Literacy; Depression (Psychology); Multivariate Analysis; Self Concept; Self Esteem; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Adolescents; Well Being; Health Education; Physical Education; Sex Education; Interpersonal Attraction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Menschlicher Körper; Ethnizität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Sexualität; Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Multivariate Analyse; Selbstkonzept; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Interpersonale Anziehung
Abstract	In a five-year longitudinal study, we investigated the role of body objectification in shaping girls' self-esteem and depressive symptoms over the course of adolescence. Multivariate Latent Growth Curve Modeling (MLGM) was used to test the association between body objectification and both self-esteem and depressive symptoms with data from 587 adolescent girls who began the study at age 13 and completed the study at age 18. Results revealed that body objectification decreased, self-esteem increased, and depressive symptoms remained relatively steady across adolescence. Girls who experienced decreases in body objectification also tended to increase in self-esteem and decrease in depressive symptoms over the course of adolescence, even after accounting for several factors known to be associated with positive youth development including race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, educational achievement, religiosity, and body satisfaction. Practical implications for reducing objectification and enhancing girls' well-being through health, physical, and sexuality education, as well as through media literacy programs are discussed. Directions for future research are also discussed, including a greater focus on the role of race/ethnicity, research on boys, and the need for more experimental studies of body objectification. (Contains 4 tables, 1 figure and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10