Depression and Motivation: Twin Outcomes of Self-Objectification and Their Effect

描述（由申请人提供）：研究表明，自我物化对女性的心理健康有破坏性影响，如羞耻、饮食行为失调。然而，人们对自我物化对女性抑郁症患病率的影响知之甚少。有充分的证据表明，女性患抑郁症的几率是男性的两倍。此外，发展能力的动机被认为是实现最佳心理健康的必要条件。然而，在动机模式和认知过程的调查中，大多数动机和成就研究没有充分处理可能不成比例地影响妇女的因素（例如抑郁症）的作用。为了扩展现有知识，拟议研究的目的是确定自我物化如何影响女性的抑郁症状和动机，进而影响表现。此外，研究还没有检验是否影响

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research has demonstrated that self-objectification has damaging mental health consequences for women e.g., shame, disordered eating behavior). However, little is known about the effects of self-objectification on he prevalence of women's depression. It is well documented that women experience depression at twice the rate of men. Further, motivations to develop competencies are considered essential to achieve optimal psychological well-being. However, a majority of motivation and achievement research does not adequately address the role of factors that may disproportionately affect women (e.g., depression) in the investigation of motivational patterns and cognitive processes. In an effort to extend current knowledge, the aim of the proposed research is to identify how self-objectification contributes to women's depressive symptoms and motivation and, in turn, impacts performance. Moreover, research has yet to examine whether the effects of self-objectification operate similarly among diverse groups of women. Thus, the specific aims of the proposed project are to examine 1) whether individuals who self-objectify experience more negative affect and less peak motivational states in their daily lives, 2) whether self-objectification, as experimentally manipulated by media images, predicts depressive symptoms and decreased intrinsic motivation, and adversely affects performance on a cognitive task, and 3) to examine cultural differences in these processes by investigating the Drooosed relations in both White and Asian American women.