How people process images of sexualized bodies appearing
Research gap analysis derived from 3 psychology papers in our local library.
The gap
Whereas how people process images of sexualized bodies appearing in the mass media has been well documented; whether subtler manifestations of sexualization, such as wearing makeup, might elicit cognitive objectification of ordinary women’s
Evidence profile
Sourced from the abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2017 and 2022, spanning 2 journals. Those papers have been cited 152 times in total.
Research trend
Established — well-defined area with open sub-problems.
Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- A Test of Objectification Theory With Sexual Minority Women (2022) · Psychology of Women Quarterly · cited 15× · doi
With this study, we aimed to advance objectification theory research with sexual minority women by examining the understudied roles of appearance anxiety and interoceptive awareness concomitantly with other key variables, including sexual objectification experiences, internalization of cultural appearance standards, body surveillance, and body shame.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: objectification sexual appearance body aimed advance theory minority women examining understudied roles anxiety interoceptive awareness - The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Self-Objectification Beliefs and Behaviors Scale (2017) · Psychology of Women Quarterly · cited 131× · doi
We hope the development of a new measure of self-objectification prompts further study of the topic and that increased knowledge about self-objectification allows clinicians and researchers to develop interventions that foster greater resilience against sexual objectification.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: objectification self hope development measure prompts further topic increased knowledge allows clinicians researchers develop interventions - The Face of Sexualization: Faces Wearing Makeup are Processed Less Configurally than Faces Without Makeup (2019) · International review of social psychology · cited 6× · doi
Whereas how people process images of sexualized bodies appearing in the mass media has been well documented; whether subtler manifestations of sexualization, such as wearing makeup, might elicit cognitive objectification of ordinary women’s faces, remains unclear.
generalabstractevidence 2/5Keywords: people process images sexualized bodies appearing mass media well documented whether subtler manifestations sexualization wearing
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