@article{ref1,
title="A preliminary experimental study of self-objectification and risky sex behavior among a university sample of cisgender women in the US",
journal="Archives of sexual behavior",
year="2023",
author="Ingram, Katherine M. and Collado, Anahi and Felton, Julia W. and Yi, Richard",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Self-objectification is associated with a number of negative mental and behavioral outcomes. Though previous research has established associations between self-objectification and risky sex, no study to date has examined whether self-objectification affects propensity to engage in risky sex. The current research employed an experimental design to examine the effect of heightened self-objectification on a laboratory analog of risky sex (n = 181). We observed that when college-attending women experienced a heightened state of self-objectification, they were more likely to engage in sex without a condom and less likely to wait to use a condom with a highly desirable partner. Given the frequency of intended and unintended objectifying messages that young women face, this increase in willingness to engage in risky sex behavior represents a consequential health concern.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-0002",
doi="10.1007/s10508-022-02510-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02510-5"
}