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Peer reviewedMcKinley, Nita Mary; Hyde, Janet Shibley – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1996
Using feminist theory about the social construction of the female body, a scale was developed and validated to measure objectified body consciousness in young women (n=502) and middle-age women (n=151) using surveillance, body shame, and appearance control beliefs. The three scales were demonstrated to be distinct dimensions with acceptable…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Females
