Digital Commons @ George Fox University Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Theses and Dissertations 4-1-2016 The Relationship Between Sexual Objectification, Body Image, Activity Monitoring, and Compulsive Exercise Christina Tuning
[email protected] This research is a product of the Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program at George Fox University. Find out more about the program. Recommended Citation Tuning, Christina, "The Relationship Between Sexual Objectification, Body Image, Activity Monitoring, and Compulsive Exercise" (2016). Doctor of Psychology (PsyD). 218. http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/psyd/218 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Relationship Between Sexual Objectification, Body Image, Activity Monitoring, and Compulsive Exercise by Christina Weiss Tuning Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology George Fox University In partial fulfillment Of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Psychology In Clinical Psychology Newberg Oregon April 20, 2016 OBJECTIFICATION, ACTIVITY MONITORING, AND COMPULSIVE EXERCISE iii The Relationship Between Sexual Objectification, Body Image, Activity Monitoring, and Compulsive Exercise Christina Weiss Tuning Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology at George Fox University Newberg, Oregon Abstract The purpose of this study was to look at the relationship between sexual objectification, body image, eating disorder symptomatology, activity monitoring, and compulsive exercise. Objectification Theory provides a framework for understanding a woman’s experience of the culturally established ideal body, which in Western cultures has become increasingly thin.