Date Approved
2018
Degree Type
Open Access Senior Honors Thesis
Department or School
Psychology
First Advisor
Chong Man Chow
Second Advisor
Stephen D. Jefferson
Third Advisor
Carol Freedman-Doan
Abstract
The study expands body image research to examine how weight teasing and self-objectification might be related to body image disturbances among adolescent girls (n=l 00). We conceptualize this relationship using a stress-diathesis model. Through this. a stressful event (e.g., peer weight teasing) would internet preexisting vulnerabilities (e.g., self-objectification) to increase body related distress. We examine the girls' reports of peer weight-teasing, self-objectification, eating attitudes and body dissatisfaction and establish relationships between these variables with a regression analysis. Results indicated that greater self-objectification is related to greater body dissatisfaction. No moderating effect of self-objectification was found for the effect of peer weight teasing on either body dissatisfaction or eating pathology.
Recommended Citation
Hill, Sierra, "Peer weight teasing and body image in adolescent girls: Self-objectification as a moderator" (2018). Senior Honors Theses and Projects. 595.
https://commons.emich.edu/honors/595