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The Role of Trait Self-Objectification in Smoking among College Women |
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| Authors: | Zaje A. T. Harrell Barbara L. Fredrickson Cynthia S. Pomerleau Susan Nolen-Hoeksema |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, Psychology Building 134B, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1118, USA 2. Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA 3. Nicotine Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 4. Department of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
| Abstract: | Self-objectification, which is the internalization of an observer’s perspective of the self, has been related to restrained and disordered eating patterns and depression. Because disordered eating and depression are known co-factors for smoking, we tested the possible involvement of trait self-objectification in the relationship between these mental health dimensions and smoking in a sample of 130 college women smokers and non-smokers. As hypothesized, we found that trait self-objectification mediated the relationship between smoking status and dieting and disordered eating behaviors. There were no significant differences in depression between smokers and non-smokers, which limited further exploration of the relationship. Implications for trait self-objectification as relevant to women’s weight-control smoking and the relevance of self-objectification to other health behaviors are discussed. |
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