Citation

Davidson MM, Gervais SJ. Violence Against Women 2015; 21(3): 330-354.

Affiliation

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801214568031

PMID

25680800

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of violence on body image variables for college women. Undergraduate women participated in an online study assessing sexual violence (SV), intimate partner violence (IPV), self-objectification, body surveillance, and body shame experiences.

FINDINGS suggest that both SV and IPV contribute to women's body shame. In addition, the associations between IPV and body shame appear to be explained through self-objectification processes, but not the associations between SV and body shame. Thus, important differences between IPV and SV regarding self-objectification processes emerged. Theoretical and practical implications, as well as directions for future research, are discussed.

Language: en