Papers
and Presentations
Publications
Objectified Body Consciousness
McKinley, N. M. (1999).
Women and objectified body consciousness: Mothers' and daughters' body
experience in cultural, develomental, and familial context. Developmental
Psychology, 35, 760-769.
McKinley, N. M. (1998).
Gender differences in undergraduates' body esteem: The mediating effect
of objectified body consciousness and actual/ideal weight discrepancy.
Sex Roles, 39, 113-123.
McKinley, N. M., & Hyde,
J. S. (1996). The objectified body consciousness scale: Development
and validation. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 20, 181-215.
Other Publications
McKinley, N. M. (1999). Ideal
weight/Ideal women: Society constructs the female. In J. Sobal &
D. Maurer (Eds.) Weighty issues: Constructing fatness and thinness
as social problems. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
McKinley, N. M., & Billingham,
L. (1998). Cervical cancer and STD health beliefs: Predicting
pelvic exam intentions in undergraduates. Women’s Health: Research
on Gender, Behavior, and Policy, 4, 155-168.
Hyde, J.S. & McKinley,
N.M. (1997). Gender differences in cognition: Results from meta-analyses.
In P.J.Caplan, M. Crawford, J.S. Hyde, & J. R. E. Richardson (Eds.),
Gender differences in human cognition. (p. 30-51). New York:
Oxford University Press.
Hyde, J. S., & McKinley,
N. M. (1993). Beliefs about the consequences of maternal employment
for children: Psychometric analyses. Psychology of Women Quarterly,
17, 177-191.
Review Articles
McKinley, N. M. (in press). The evolution of thinking about gender:
from individual difference to group process. Psychology of Women
Quarterly.
McKinley, N.M. (in press).
A feminist look at adolescent girls' lives. Psychology of Women Quarterly.
McKinley, N. M. (2000).
Constructing and deconstructing the body: A review of recent body image
videos. Feminist Collections: A quarterly of women’s studies
resources, 21, 5-7.
McKinley, N. M. (Spring,
1995). Eating disorders and feminism. Feminist Collections: A Quarterly
of Women's Studies Resources, 16, 1-3.
Papers Presented
McKinley, N. M. (2002, June).
Objectified body consciousness: Placing women's body experience in developmental
and cultural context. In P. H. Miller & Ellin K. Scholnick (Chairs)
Locating the body: Feminist perspectives on embodiment and development.
Invited Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Jean Piaget
Society, Philadelphia, PA
McKinley, N. M. (2001,August).
Returning the gaze: A look at objectifiers and the social nature of
objectification. In B. L. Fredrickson, (Chair), Self-Objectification-Causes,
Consequences, and Resistance. Invited symposium presented at the
American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
McKinley, N. M. (2001, March).
Attractiveness, health, & diversity: Re-constructing differences
among women. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association
for Women in Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
McKinley, N. M. (2000, October).
Minding our bodies, minding our minds: Women, society, and the pursuit
of the feminine ideal. Paper presented in the Allegheny Humanities Lectures
Series, Meadville, PA.
McKinley, N.M. (2000, August).
Beauty, Boon or Beast? Dilemmas of Lesbian Body Consciousness.
In J. C. Cogan (Chair) Disrupting the Cultural Narrative by Daring
to Discuss Lesbian Beauty. Symposium presented at the annual meeting
of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
McKinley, N. M. (2000, May).
Women’s body dissatisfaction: A normative or a normalizing discontent?
Paper presented at the First Allegheny College Intramural Faculty Conference.
McKinley, N. M., Cogan, J.
C., & Robinson, S. (2000, March). The gazer and the gazed
upon: Building theories of lesbian body experience. Discussion
facilitated at the annual meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology,
Salt Lake City, UT.
McKinley, N. M., & Wojszwilo,
A. (1999, March). Feminism, political activism, and women’s body consciousness.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Women in
Psychology, Providence, RI.
McKinley, N. M. (1997, October).
The effect of objectified body consciousness on peer evaluations: Encouraging
body dissatisfaction in women. Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the New England Psychological Association, North Easton, MA.
McKinley, N. M. (1997, August).
Resisting body dissatisfaction: Relationships between strategies and
psychological well-being. In S. Yogev (Chair), The Psychology of Thinness
and Body Image. Roundtable conducted at the annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
McKinley, N. M., & Wright,
M. M. (1996, April). Looking good and feeling good: Women's strategies
for body esteem. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Midwest Sociological
Society, Chicago, IL.
McKinley, N. M. (1995, March).
Practicing resistance: Fat women write about their bodies. Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the Association of Women in Psychology, Indianapolis,
Indiana.
McKinley, N. M. (1994, August).
Women and objectified body consciousness: A feminist analysis. Poster
session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Los Angeles.
Invited Address
McKinley, N.M. (2000, February). Objectified body consciousness:
Using feminist theory and psychology to understand women’s body experience.
Address to Allegheny Psi Chi, Meadville, PA.
Dissertation
McKinley, N. M. (1995). Women
and objectified body consciousness: A feminist psychological analysis.
(Doctoral Dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI,
1995.) Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 05B, 9527111.
Body
Image Research
Update {07-01-2002}.
Comments? Nita McKinley