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Sarah K. Murnen

Sarah K. Murnen

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Psychology

D-Index
40
Citations
10110
World Ranking
8094
National Ranking
4335

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Sarah K. Murnen is affiliated with Kenyon College in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology. Their work spans several subfields, including Gender Studies, Clinical Psychology, Life-span and Life-course Studies, Sociology and Political Science, and Marketing.

The research topics addressed by Sarah K. Murnen include:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Media, Gender, and Advertising
  • Sports and Physical Education Studies
  • Sex work and related issues

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on gender, masculinity, and sexual behavior in societal contexts. Notable papers include:

  • "Masculinity and men's drive for muscularity: A meta-analytic review." (2023), Psychology of Men & Masculinity
  • "Sexual Language Use in U.S. College Students Across Twenty Years" (2021), Archives of Sexual Behavior

Other relevant publications associated with their network of research include:

  • "Feminism, Femininity, and Negative Embodiment: A Contemporary Meta-Analytic Test" (2024), Sex Roles
  • "Editors' response to Clarivate Analytics' decision to suppress Body Image from receiving a 2019 Impact Factor" (2020), Body Image
  • "Are men who identify as a feminist less likely to sexually objectify women?: a cross-sectional study of heterosexual men" (2022), Journal of Sexual Aggression

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sarah K. Murnen include Adrienne Kvaka, Erin Nolen, Taryn A. Myers, Ana C. Dunn, and Bryan T. Karazsia.

Publication venues where Sarah K. Murnen has frequently contributed include:

  • Sex Roles
  • Psychology of Men & Masculinity
  • Body Image
  • Journal of Sexual Aggression
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior

Sarah K. Murnen received recognition as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2013.

Best Publications

  • The effect of experimental presentation of thin media images on body satisfaction: a meta-analytic review.

    Lisa M. Groesz;Michael P. Levine;Sarah K. Murnen

  • Female athletes and eating problems: a meta-analysis.

    Linda Smolak;Sarah K. Murnen;Anne E. Ruble

  • If “Boys Will Be Boys,” Then Girls Will Be Victims? A Meta-Analytic Review of the Research That Relates Masculine Ideology to Sexual Aggression

    Sarah K. Murnen;Carrie Wright;Gretchen Kaluzny

  • “Everybody Knows That Mass Media Are/Are Not [pick one] a Cause of Eating Disorders”: A Critical Review of Evidence for a Causal Link Between Media, Negative Body Image, and Disordered Eating in Females

    Michael P. Levine;Sarah K. Murnen

  • A meta-analytic examination of the relationship between child sexual abuse and eating disorders.

    Linda Smolak;Sarah K. Murnen

  • Is body dissatisfaction changing across time? A cross-temporal meta-analysis.

    Bryan T. Karazsia;Sarah K. Murnen;Tracy L. Tylka

  • Learning to Be Little Women and Little Men: The Inequitable Gender Equality of Nonsexist Children's Literature

    Amanda B. Diekman;Sarah K. Murnen

  • Athletic Participation, Fraternity Membership, and Sexual Aggression Among College Men: A Meta-analytic Review

    Sarah K. Murnen;Marla H. Kohlman

  • Sociocultural Influences and Muscle Building in Adolescent Boys

    Linda Smolak;Sarah K. Murnen;J. Kevin Thompson

  • Drive for leanness: assessment and relationship to gender, gender role and objectification.

    Linda Smolak;Sarah K. Murnen

  • Thin, Sexy Women and Strong, Muscular Men: Grade-School Children's Responses to Objectified Images of Women and Men

    Sarah K. Murnen;Linda Smolak;J. Andrew Mills;Lindsey Good

  • Dieting and disordered eating during early and middle adolescence: Do the influences remain the same?

    J B A Sarah Gralen;Michael P. Levine;Linda Smolak;Sarah K. Murnen

  • Are Feminist Women Protected from Body Image Problems? A Meta-analytic Review of Relevant Research

    Sarah K. Murnen;Linda Smolak

  • Hyperfemininity: Measurement and initial validation of the construct

    Sarah K. Murnen;Donn Byrne

  • Femininity, masculinity, and disordered eating: A meta‐analytic review

    Sarah K. Murnen;Linda Smolak

  • Gender and self-reported sexual arousal in response to sexual stimuli: A meta-analytic review.

    Sarah K. Murnen;Mary Stockton;Mary Stockton

  • The Experience of Sexual Harassment among Grade-School Students: Early Socialization of Female Subordination.

    Sarah K. Murnen;Linda Smolak

  • Coping with unwanted sexual activity: Normative responses, situational determinants, and individual differences

    Sarah K. Murnen;Annette Perot;Donn Byrne

  • Fraternity Membership, the Display of Degrading Sexual Images of Women, and Rape Myth Acceptance

    E. Timothy Bleecker;Sarah K. Murnen

  • Low-Cut Shirts and High-Heeled Shoes: Increased Sexualization Across Time in Magazine Depictions of Girls

    Kaitlin A. Graff;Sarah K. Murnen;Anna K. Krause

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda Smolak
Linda Smolak Kenyon College
Tracy L. Tylka
Tracy L. Tylka The Ohio State University
Viren Swami
Viren Swami Anglia Ruskin University
Rachel M. Calogero
Rachel M. Calogero University of Western Ontario
Donn Byrne
Donn Byrne Purdue University West Lafayette
J. Kevin Thompson
J. Kevin Thompson University of South Florida
Rachel F. Rodgers
Rachel F. Rodgers Northeastern University
Amanda B. Diekman
Amanda B. Diekman Indiana University
Todd Jackson
Todd Jackson University of Macau

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