The Relationship Between Self-Objectification,
Esteem, and Reasons for Exercise
Table II shows the correlations among selfobjectification,
body esteem, self-esteem, and reasons
for exercise for men and women separately.
Men’s self-objectification was significantly negatively
related to both body esteem and self-esteem. For
women, self-objectification was negatively related to
body esteem but not self-esteem. Self-objectification
was significantly positively related to appearancerelated
reasons for exercise for both men and
women. Self-objectification was significantly negatively
related to exercising for health/fitness and
mood/enjoyment for women, but not for men