Social Comparison and the ‘Circle of Objectification’

Lindner, Danielle; Tantleff-Dunn, Stacey; Jentsch, Florian

doi:10.1007/s11199-012-0175-x

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“…As well, women objectified other women to a greater extent than they objectified other men, however, not to a statistically significant degree (Strelan & Hargreaves, 2005). In a more recent study with a large sample of college women, Lindner, Tantleff-Dunn, and Jentsch (2012) demonstrated strong positive associations between (a) selfobjectification, (b) body surveillance, and (c) body shame with other-objectification of women. Relatedly, a significant association emerged between self-objectification and other-objectification of one's romantic partner in a study among undergraduate men and women (Zurbriggen et al, 2011).…”

Section: Stranger Harassment and Objectificationmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Participants are instructed to separately rank these 10 body attributes with respect to other women (OOQ-W) and to other men (OOQ-M), using a 1 (least important) to 10 (most important) rankorder scale. However, similar to the SOQ in which participants often rate each attribute rather than rank each of them (Calogero, 2011;Calogero, Davis, & Thompson, 2005), participants can misinterpret the ranking instructions for the OOQ, yielding invalid scores (Lindner et al, 2012). Following Strelan and Hargreaves (2005), and based upon Noll and Fredrickson (1998), participants who did not utilize a ranking scale (e.g., assigned the same ranking to two items) were coded as missing data for the OOQ.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The ripple effects of stranger harassment on objectification of self and others

Davidson¹,

Gervais²,

Sherd³

2014

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Section: Stranger Harassment and Objectificationmentioning

confidence: 89%

Section: Procedures and Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The ripple effects of stranger harassment on objectification of self and others

Davidson¹,

Gervais²,

Sherd³

2014

PsycEXTRA Dataset

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“…Several factors, such as physical maturation and onset of dating and sexual interactions, contribute to this appearance-centered focus in adolescence (Natsuaki, Biehl, & PASSIVE FB USE, COMPARISON ON FB, AND BODY DISSATISFACTION 8 Ge, 2009). Scholars indicate that this appearance-centered focus can result in cognitive biases, such as paying more attention to appearance-related information (see Williamson, Muller, Reas, & Thaw, 1999, for a review), and can prompt individuals to wonder how their appearance compares to others (Lindner, Tantleff-Dunn, & Jentsch 2012).…”

Section: Opposite Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

The reciprocal and indirect relationships between passive Facebook use, comparison on Facebook, and adolescents' body dissatisfaction

Rousseau

Eggermont

Frison

2017

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…Strelan and Hargreaves (2005) found that selfobjectification among undergraduate women and men was positively related to otherobjectification, objectification of other women and men. Lindner, Tantleff-Dunn, and Jentsch (2012) surveyed female undergraduates and like Strelan and Hargreaves found evidence of a relationship between other-objectification and self-objectification. To summarize, negative outcomes are associated with the objectification of others.…”

Section: Objectification Theorymentioning

confidence: 90%

Women’s revealing Halloween costumes: other-objectification and sexualization

2016

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Women are depicted in revealing dress in the media and the depictions have costs such as objectification. Objectification theory explains that women in Westernized cultures are looked at, evaluated, and potentially objectified by others. Accordingly, objectifying gaze (by others) evokes self-objectification which has effects such as habitual body and appearance monitoring. According to the theory being objectified by others precedes self-objectification, which suggests that objectification by others could be more prevalent than self-objectification and potentially just as harmful. Researchers have found that self-objectification and other-objectification can be induced by revealing dress manipulations that vary in tightness or body coverage. We studied Halloween costumes as a site for objectification of others. In Study 1, 124 pairs of men’s and women’s Halloween costumes were content analyzed. Women’s costumes were significantly more revealing than men’s in tightness and body coverage. Since sexual objectification in the media is assessed by the presence of revealing dress in media depictions, we reasoned that women’s revealing Halloween costumes could be sexually objectifying. In Study 2, 295 participants rated women wearing revealing or non-revealing costumes in an online experiment. Women wearing revealing costumes were sexually objectified by participants. Although men rated costumed women higher on the sexually objectifying traits than women, both men and women objectified the costumed women in the revealing dress condition. Dress researchers may wish to apply objectification theory to re-interpret and explain early research on revealing dress.

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Social Comparison and the ‘Circle of Objectification’

Cited by 90 publications

References 41 publications

The ripple effects of stranger harassment on objectification of self and others

The ripple effects of stranger harassment on objectification of self and others

The reciprocal and indirect relationships between passive Facebook use, comparison on Facebook, and adolescents' body dissatisfaction

Women’s revealing Halloween costumes: other-objectification and sexualization

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