The relationships among magazine exposure, self-objectification, body shape dissatisfaction, and eating disorder symptomatology in men and women were investigated. Women reading beauty magazines and men reading fitness magazines internalized societal ideals (internalization). For women, beauty magazines predicted self-objectification, mediated by internalization. For men, only internalization predicted self-objectification. For men, fitness magazines predicted body shape dissatisfaction, mediated by internalization. For women, only internalization predicted body shape dissatisfaction. Reading magazines also predicted eating problems for men and women, for women this was mediated by internalization. These findings suggest that magazine reading is related to concerns with physical appearance and eating behaviours. Many of the relationships previously found for women are similar for men. A sociocultural model is used to explain these results. R6sum6

The attraction-similarity hypothesis predicts that in ongoing relationships projection of the self onto the other person is the result of the attraction (e.g., satisfaction, liking, loving) between the two individuals. That is, attraction (i.e., satisfaction) leads to perceptions of similarity. Two studies tested this hypothesis in same-sex friendships. Study 1 correlated individuals’ satisfaction with an ongoing friendship with perceptions of similarity on traits and behaviors. Study 2 used a priming method to manipulate satisfaction in an ongoing friendship and then tested for perceptions of similarity. Consistent with the attraction-similarity hypothesis, the more satisfied individuals were with their friendships the more similar they perceived their friends to be to themselves. These perceptions of similarity were not predicted by the duration or closeness of the friendship. Finally, perceptions of similarity were made in a self-serving fashion. The implications for close relationships are discussed.

The present research explored factors thought to affect compensatory awards for non-economic ham ("pain and suffering") in personal injury cases. Experiment 1 showed that the nature and severity of the plaintiffs injury had a strong effect on perceptions of the extent of harm suffered and on award amounts. The parties' relatively active or passive roles in causing the injury affected assessments of their degree of fault, but perceived fault had little influence on awards. Experiment 2 replicated with more varied cases the strong impact of injury severity on harm perception and on awards for pain and suffering. In both studies, the disability and the mental suffering associated with injuries were stronger predictors of awards than were pain and disfigurement.Despite profound controversy about many aspects of damages in tort litigation, systematic empirical knowledge about the nature of damages decision making is seriously limited. The present studies investigate how people make awards of damages for non-economic harm in personal injury cases-that is, awards to compensate accident victims for their pain, suffering, and loss of enjoyment of life. We begin by reviewing the legal rules that define and govern such damages and the empirical research relevant to how people make decisions about pain and suffering awards. The Law of Compensatory Damages for Non-Economic HarmThe purpose of compensatory damages is to restore victims of tortious injury to the position they were in before the injury, at least to the extent that monetary damages can do so (Restatement (Second) of Torts, 1979, § 901). Compensatory damages consist of awards for both economic losses (largely medical expenses and

No known research has examined women's acceptance of self‐sexualizing behaviors, which includes the use of catwalks at dance clubs, taking pole dance classes, and wearing clothing with sexually suggestive statements. Structural equation modeling assessed the links between choosing sexually objectifying media, internalized appearance ideals, and self‐objectification to self‐sexualizing behaviors and general acceptance of sexualizing behavior among 207 female university students. Media choice predicted one's own behavioral intentions and the acceptance of others' sexualizing behavior. Neither internalized appearance ideals nor self‐objectification mediated these relations. Hyperfemininity and sexism were tested as individual difference variables predicting these variables. Hyperfemininity added to the prediction of self‐sexualizing behaviors and general acceptance of sexualizing behavior, whereas sexism did not. Our results indicate that sociocultural ideals of women's sexual attractiveness predict women's intentions regarding, and acceptance of, sexualizing behavior. Self‐sexualizing behavior may have negative consequences, including the lack of subjective experience of one's sexuality.

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