Self-objectification and career aspirations among young Chinese women: the roles of self-esteem and career decision-making self-efficacy

This study explored the relationship between self-objectification and career aspirations among young women from the perspective of objectification theory. A sample of 439 Chinese undergraduate women completed questionnaires on self-objectification, self-esteem, career decision-making self-efficacy,...

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Autor principal: Sun, Qingqing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10347407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37457087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1193008
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description This study explored the relationship between self-objectification and career aspirations among young women from the perspective of objectification theory. A sample of 439 Chinese undergraduate women completed questionnaires on self-objectification, self-esteem, career decision-making self-efficacy, and career aspirations. The results revealed that self-objectification was negatively correlated with self-esteem, career decision-making self-efficacy, and career aspirations. Self-esteem and career decision-making self-efficacy, both independently and serially, mediated the association between self-objectification and career aspirations. These results provide a better understanding of the negative consequences of self-objectification for career aspirations.
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spelling pubmed-103474072023-07-15 Self-objectification and career aspirations among young Chinese women: the roles of self-esteem and career decision-making self-efficacy Sun, Qingqing Front Psychol Psychology This study explored the relationship between self-objectification and career aspirations among young women from the perspective of objectification theory. A sample of 439 Chinese undergraduate women completed questionnaires on self-objectification, self-esteem, career decision-making self-efficacy, and career aspirations. The results revealed that self-objectification was negatively correlated with self-esteem, career decision-making self-efficacy, and career aspirations. Self-esteem and career decision-making self-efficacy, both independently and serially, mediated the association between self-objectification and career aspirations. These results provide a better understanding of the negative consequences of self-objectification for career aspirations. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10347407/ /pubmed/37457087 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1193008 Text en Copyright © 2023 Sun. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Self-objectification and career aspirations among young Chinese women: the roles of self-esteem and career decision-making self-efficacy
title Self-objectification and career aspirations among young Chinese women: the roles of self-esteem and career decision-making self-efficacy
title_full Self-objectification and career aspirations among young Chinese women: the roles of self-esteem and career decision-making self-efficacy
title_fullStr Self-objectification and career aspirations among young Chinese women: the roles of self-esteem and career decision-making self-efficacy
title_full_unstemmed Self-objectification and career aspirations among young Chinese women: the roles of self-esteem and career decision-making self-efficacy
title_short Self-objectification and career aspirations among young Chinese women: the roles of self-esteem and career decision-making self-efficacy
title_sort self-objectification and career aspirations among young chinese women: the roles of self-esteem and career decision-making self-efficacy
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10347407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37457087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1193008
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