Psychology of Women Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Psychology. The journal s editor is Janice D. Yoder (University of Akron). It has been in publication since 1976 and is currently published by SAGE Publications. Psychology of Women Quarterly publishes empirical research, critical reviews and theoretical articles. The journal aims to advance inquiry in the field of women and gender and to provide a forum for discussion and debate on the subject. Psychology of Women Quarterly also contains brief reports on timely topics, teaching briefs and invited book reviews. Psychology of Women Quarterly is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2010 impact factor is 1.420, ranking it 5 out of 35 journals in the category ‘Women’s Studies’.and 40 out of 120 journals in the category ‘Psychology, Multidisciplinary’ The journal describes itself as feminist. It has been criticized for allegedly publishing any dubious research as long as it supports a feminist viewpoint.
The change was clear and it was dramatic: "I went from being property to owning property," a woman in a remote area of Nicaragua told UC Santa Cruz assistant professor of psychology Shelly Grabe.
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To sexually objectify a woman is to focus on her body in terms of how it can provide sexual pleasure rather than viewing her as a complete human being with thoughts and feelings. While objectification has long been considered ...
Aug 21, 2014
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You may have seen it among your own friends: a high-profile #MeToo case triggers responses that assign some or all the blame on a victim of sexual harassment, with men more likely than women to side with an accused male.
Aug 19, 2019
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The topic of domestic abuse remains a controversial issue when it comes to determining punishment for battered women who use violence towards their partner. According to a recent study published in Psychology of Women Quarterly, ...
Sep 12, 2012
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African-American women are equally, if not more, likely to experience infertility than their white counterparts, but they often cope with this traumatic issue in silence and isolation, according to a new University of Michigan ...
Jun 4, 2015
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A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly considers whether objectifying women in television and harassment are causally linked. Researchers Silvia Galdi, Anne Maass, and Mara Cadinu designed two experimental studies that ...
Dec 16, 2013
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Frequent sexist wisecracks, comments and office cultures where women are ignored are just as damaging to women as single instances of sexual coercion and unwanted sexual attention, according to a new study out today in The ...
Aug 27, 2015
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Women who work in restaurants that require their bodies to be on display through revealing uniforms may experience higher levels of anxiety and disordered eating, according to a new University of Tennessee, Knoxville, study.
Jul 17, 2017
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The media is highly criticized for contributing to body image issues in adolescents. However, a study out today in Psychology of Women Quarterly finds a different source for body dissatisfaction among young girls: older girls ...
Sep 18, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—A study published by Jessi L. Smith, professor of psychology at Montana State University, and Meghan Huntoon, who was Smith's student at MSU when research was conducted, has found that gender norms about ...
Jan 13, 2014
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