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Steven Eggermont
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 156
Citations - 4391
Steven Eggermont is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Self-objectification & Sexualization. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 147 publications receiving 3324 citations. Previous affiliations of Steven Eggermont include University of Amsterdam.
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Television Viewing, Perceived Similarity, and Adolescents' Expectations of a Romantic Partner
TL;DR: The authors explored the relationship between overall and romantically themed television viewing and adolescents' expectations of a romantic partner and found moderate but significant associations for overall television viewing, after background variables and the quality of other relationships were accounted for.
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Media use and HIV/AIDS knowledge: a knowledge gap perspective.
TL;DR: Current mass media information campaigns may not only fail to improve the HIV/AIDS knowledge of the rural populace but also put rural populations at a disadvantage relative to their urban counterparts.
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The impact of men's magazines on adolescent boys' objectification and courtship beliefs.
TL;DR: Results indicated that when boys consumed sexualizing magazines more often, they expressed more gender-stereotypical beliefs about feminine courtship strategies over time, and this association was mediated by boys' objectification of women.
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I “like” the way you look: How appearance-focused and overall Facebook use contribute to adolescents' self-sexualization
TL;DR: The findings showed that appearance conversations on Facebook, but not total amount of Facebook use, was directly related to self-sexualizing behaviors, and both self-objectification and the belief that complying with the prevailing appearance ideals is rewarded proved to be valid explanatory mechanisms for the examined relations.
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Sexually Explicit Websites and Sexual Initiation: Reciprocal Relationships and the Moderating Role of Pubertal Status
TL;DR: Pubertal status moderated the relationship between using sexually explicit websites and sexual initiation among adolescents: an increased likelihood to initiate sex was found among adolescents in an early pubertal stage who frequently viewed sexual explicit websites.