title: Sexualizing reality television: associations with trait and state self-objectification.
abstract: Two studies combining cross-sectional and daily experience methods tested whether watching sexualizing reality television is associated with self-objectification in women. In Study 1, an online survey of 495 undergraduate women, we demonstrated that watching sexualizing reality television was associated with higher levels of trait self-objectification. In Study 2, an online daily experience study of 94 undergraduate women, we extended the results from Study 1 by focusing on state self-objectification and showed that changes in daily exposure to sexualizing reality television correspond to fluctuations in the importance participants attached to appearance, but were unrelated to the importance attached to body-competence. The results of these two studies with multiple methods provide support for the influence of exposure to sexualizing reality television to the development of an objectified self-concept but also underline differences in how exposure to sexualizing reality television relates to trait and state self-objectification.
authors: The Amsterdam School of Communication Research, ASCoR, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1001 NG Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: L.P.Vandenbosch@uva.nl.
authors: Laura
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authors: Vandenbosch
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada. Electronic address: amy.muise@utoronto.ca.
authors: Amy
authors: A
authors: Muise
authors: Leuven School for Mass Communication Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven, Parkstraat 45, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: steven.eggermont@soc.kuleuven.be.
authors: Steven
authors: S
authors: Eggermont
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada. Electronic address: emily.impett@utoronto.ca.
authors: Emily A
authors: EA
authors: Impett
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012649:Self Concept; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013690:Television; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Appearance; Competence; Reality television; Self-objectification; Sexualization