Feminist Consciousness and Empowerment as Moderators in the Relationship between Sexism and Self-Objectification and Alcohol Use in College Women

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dc.contributor.advisorIwamoto, Derek Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorLe, Thomasen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-01T06:31:49Z
dc.date.available2020-02-01T06:31:49Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.description.abstractWhile past research has revealed a positive association between sexism and women’s alcohol use, no studies have examined how feminist identity may moderate this association. Thus, with a sample of 329 college-attending women, we examined the extent to which sexism, self-objectification, and benevolent sexism were associated with alcohol-related problems and heavy episodic drinking, as well as the extent to which various forms of feminist identity moderated those associations. Results showed that self-objectification was positively associated with heavy episodic drinking, whereas neither sexism nor benevolent sexism were associated with maladaptive alcohol use. Sexism was positively associated with alcohol related problems for women of color. Results also showed that the active commitment form of feminist identity moderated the association between self-objectification and heavy episodic drinking. No other interactions with moderating variables were significant. This study emphasizes the importance of examining gender-relevant factors when working with women who engage in risky alcohol use.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/ryxa-4plb
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/25365
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledalcohol-related problemsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledalcohol useen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledself-objectificationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsexismen_US
dc.titleFeminist Consciousness and Empowerment as Moderators in the Relationship between Sexism and Self-Objectification and Alcohol Use in College Womenen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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