J Couns Psychol January 2014 PMID 24040778

Face consciousness among South Korean women: a culture-specific extension of objectification theory.

Si Yeon Kim, Young Seok Seo, Keun Young Baek

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The study examined how objectification theory applies to South Korean women, focusing on how media and cultural beauty standards influence body image and eating disorder symptoms.
Results showed that media exposure increases body shame and eating disorder risk indirectly through internalized beauty standards, body and face surveillance.
The findings highlight the importance of culture-specific beauty ideals and suggest that addressing body and face surveillance could be beneficial in therapy and research related to body image issues in South Korea.]

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