Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

26 p.

Publication Date

12-2012

Publisher

Guilford Press

Source Publication

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Source ISSN

0836-7236

Original Item ID

doi: 10.1521/jscp.2012.31.10.1112

Abstract

This two-study investigation examined the relationship between sexist attitudes and experiences with young women’s body esteem. Specifically, we examined whether young women's body esteem was related to their own and their parents' endorsements of benevolent and hostile sexist beliefs and also whether women’s body esteem was related to their actual everyday experiences with benevolent and hostile sexism. In Study 1, fathers' endorsement of benevolently sexist beliefs was positively correlated with daughters' weight-related and physical condition body esteem. No similar evidence was found for mothers or for either parent's endorsements of hostile sexist beliefs. In Study 2, young women’s body esteem was positively related to their benevolently sexist experiences and negatively related to their hostile sexist experiences. These findings are consistent with ambivalent sexism theory. The results are discussed for their clinical and theoretical implications.

Comments

Accepted version. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 31, No. 10 (December 2012): 1112-1137. DOI. © 2012 Guilford Press. Used with permission.

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