State Self-Objectification Manipulation Checks in Northwestern European Sample

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Self-Objectification Theory posits that, through life-long gendered socialization, women can internalize an external viewer’s perspective on their own bodies, leading them to experience their self as object rather than subject – with many negative health implications (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997). In the present study, we will explore two manipulations for state self-objectification (SSO), as well as two measures of SSO. This will be a pilot for a future experimental lab study that will test whether inducing higher SSO impairs physical performance and whether gender moderates the possible effect; the results of the present study will help inform which manipulation(s) and which manipulation check(s) we choose to use in the future study. All manipulations and measures in the present study are versions adapted from previous work on SSO. We are specifically interested in how they will function among participants in northwestern Europe, as the future study will take place in Norway. We are also interested in how they will function across genders, as the future study aims to include gender comparison.

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