Milson, Rhea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5361-4528, Ashton-Rowling, Ebony, Cole, Victoria, Graham, Bethan and Nicoll, Aeryn (2025) Online Sexual Harassment, Disordered Eating Attitudes and Body Shame in Young Women. Violence Against Women. (In Press)

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Abstract

Sexual harassment is associated with disordered eating in young women, directly and indirectly, via body shame. However, today, young women are not only experiencing sexual harassment in-person, but also online. We recruited a non-clinical sample of young women (N = 146) to examine the direct and indirect relationships between online sexual harassment, disordered eating attitudes and body shame. Findings revealed that online sexual harassment positively predicted disordered eating attitudes directly and indirectly, via body shame. These findings offer initial support for examining the utility of online sexual harassment and body shame to further understand disordered eating in young women.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	In Press
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
School/Department:	School of Education, Language and Psychology
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/11893

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