Self-Objectification in Women

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self-objectification of women
shame
sociocultural factors
Subject=Psychology

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  • ISBN 9781433807985
  • Format: Hardback
  • Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Nov 2010
  • Publisher: American Psychological Association
  • Publication City/Country: Washington DC, US
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
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This book integrates recent research developments and current clinical knowledge on self-objectification in women and discusses various scales for measuring self-objectification, as well as approaches to prevent and disrupt this phenomenon.
With research from a variety of disciplines—psychology, sociology, anthropology, women's studies, and political science—this book should be read by everyone interested in the well-being of women.
Rachel M. Calogero, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology at Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk. She completed her PhD in social psychology in 2 7 at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, where she subsequently held a postdoctoral research fellowship funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
 
Dr. Calogero has published and presented extensively on self-objectification in women, with particular interest in the environmental and sociocultural antecedents of self-objectification.
 
Her research also includes investigations of sexist ideology, fat prejudice, disordered eating and exercise practices, and closed-mindedness. As a social psychologist, her interests include an analysis of the sociocultural, social amp ndash cognitive, and self processes that contribute to the legitimization of oppressive social practices.
 
Stacey Tantleff-Dunn, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Central Florida. She received her BA from George Washington University in 989 and her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of South Florida in 995.
 
Dr. Tantleff-Dunn joined the faculty at the University of Central Florida in 99 and founded the Laboratory for the Study of Eating, Appearance, and Health. Her research area is body image, particularly interpersonal and media influences on body image. Her research and clinical work include a focus on interpersonal psychotherapy, particularly as they relate to body image, eating disturbance, and obesity.
 
Dr. Tantleff-Dunn is coauthor of Exacting Beauty: Theory, Assessment and Treatment of Body Image Disturbance, and she serves on the editorial boards of Body Image: An International Journal of Research and Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention.
 
She has over 5 years of clinical experience providing direct services and supervision of assessment and psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and families.
 
J. Kevin Thompson, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of South Florida in Tampa. His research interests include body image, eating disorders, and obesity.
 
He has been an associate editor of Body Image: An International Journal of Research since 2 3 and has been on the editorial board of the International Journal of Eating Disorders since 99 . He has authored, coauthored, edited, or coedited eight previous books in the areas of body image, eating disorders, and obesity.