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Culture's not so great expectations: does feminist identity moderate women's experiences with sexism and body image dissatisfaction?

Linnebach, Daniela
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1087512310

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2004, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Psychology.
Although the areas of feminism, body image, and sexism have received ample empirical attention, little attention has been paid to these variables in combination. Furthermore, racial/ethnic differences have not always been taken into consideration, leaving many questions as to the generalizability of previous findings. The present study examined the relationships between perceived experiences with sexism, body image dissatisfaction, and feminist identity development in a group of European and African American female college students (ns = 116 and 95, respectively). Participants completed the Schedule of Sexist Events, the Body Shape Questionnaire, the Sociocultural Attitudes toward Appearance Questionnaire, the Feminist Identity Composite, and a demographic questionnaire. As expected, sexism was positively correlated with both body image dissatisfaction and feminist identity development, whereas body image dissatisfaction and feminist identity development were negatively correlated. Results also supported the hypothesis that African and European American women would not differ in their perceived experiences with sexism. However, differences did emerge on feminist identity development, with African American women endorsing interest in social change more frequently compared to European American women. In general, no differences were found between the two groups on body image dissatisfaction. Though, African American women did report less internalization of societal messages about beauty compared to European American women. Finally, results did not support the hypothesis that feminist identity development would moderate the relationship between sexism and body image dissatisfaction, with one exception. Feminist identity moderated the relationship between African American women’s recent experiences with sexism and body image dissatisfaction measured by the Body Shape Questionnaire. Implications for counseling and directions for future research are explored.
Pamela Highlen (Advisor)
125 p.
FEMINIST IDENTITY; SEXISM; FEMINIST; BODY IMAGE; WOMEN; IMAGE DISSATISFACTION; BODY IMAGE DISSATISFACTION

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  • Linnebach, D. (2004). Culture's not so great expectations: does feminist identity moderate women's experiences with sexism and body image dissatisfaction? [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1087512310

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Linnebach, Daniela. Culture's not so great expectations: does feminist identity moderate women's experiences with sexism and body image dissatisfaction? 2004. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1087512310.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Linnebach, Daniela. "Culture's not so great expectations: does feminist identity moderate women's experiences with sexism and body image dissatisfaction?" Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1087512310

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