This study examined potential mediators, a moderator, and a moderated mediation of the link between sexual objectification experiences and depression among 489 young adult college women. Findings from the mediation analyses revealed that sexual objectification was directly and indirectly related to depression via greater body surveillance and self-blame. Shame moderated the direct effect of sexual objectification on body surveillance. Sexual objectification predicted body surveillance for women with low but not high or moderate levels of shame. Shame also moderated the direct effect of sexual objectification on self-blame and provided support for moderated mediation via conditional process analyses. Sexual objectification predicted self-blame for women with high and moderate but not low levels of shame. The findings underscore the importance of attending to experiences of objectification when working with women clients presenting with depression and to help them lessen habitual body monitoring, blaming themselves for being sexually objectified, and feelings of shame.

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性客观化、内化和大学女性抑郁症：羞耻感的作用

这项研究检查了 489 名年轻成年大学女性的潜在调解员、调解员和性客观化经历与抑郁之间联系的调解调解。中介分析的结果表明，通过更大的身体监视和自责，性物化与抑郁症直接或间接相关。羞耻感缓和了性物化对身体监视的直接影响。性客观化预测了对羞耻感低但不高或中等程度的女性的身体监视。羞耻还缓和了性客观化对自责的直接影响，并通过条件过程分析为缓和的调解提供了支持。性物化预测了具有高度和中等但不低程度羞耻感的女性的自责。