RT Article
T1 Sexual Victimization and Disordered Eating in Bisexual Women: A Test of Objectification Theory
JF Violence against women
VO 27
IS 11
SP 2021
OP 2042
A1 Holmes, Samantha C.
A2 DaFonseca, Alexis M.
A2 Johnson, Dawn M.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1767143990
AB The current study (a) ascertained whether there is a relationship between sexual victimization (SV) and disordered eating (DE) among bisexual women, (b) assessed whether objectification theory explains the relationship, and (c) tested for group differences between bisexual and heterosexual women on SV, DE, and other objectification theory variables. Utilizing a sample of 164 undergraduate bisexual women, there was a significant positive relationship between SV and DE that was serially mediated by self-surveillance and body shame. In addition, bisexual participants endorsed more SV, DE, body shame, and interoceptive deficits than a comparison sample of 335 undergraduate heterosexual women. Implications are discussed.
K1 objectification theory
K1 Bisexual women
K1 disordered eating
K1 Sexual Victimization
DO 10.1177/1077801220963902