Gli antecedenti biologici, psicologici e sociali dell’auto-oggettivazione. Uno studio cross-culturale

Literature has largely documented the damaging psychological consequences of selfobjectification, but more research is needed to explain its antecedents. The present study aimed at investigating such antecedents by considering biological (age, and body-mass index), psychological (self-esteem, perfectionism), and sociocultural dimensions (influence of mass media and significant others) in women and men and in two different cultural contexts. A total of 770 heterosexual adults (51% women, mean age: 35.32, SD = 8.65, age range: 19-50) residing in Italy and Romania completed a self-reported questionnaire. Self-objectification was operationalized as Body Surveillance (BS) and Body Shame (BSH). The antecedents of selfobjectification were analyzed separately by nationality in regression models. Overall, both BS and BSH emerged as process influenced by agents rooted in biological and psychological domains, as well as in social and cultural domains. Since these factors seem to play different roles in different country contexts, identifying cultural constants and differences is necessary to promote protective factors in situated interventions