Research On The Inhibitory Control Characteristics Of Self-objectifying Individual

Self-objectification(SO)refers to an individual viewing their body from the perspective of an observer(or third person),treating themselves as an object rather than an individual.Self-objectification can be divided into two types: trait and state.Trait self-objectification is a stable personality characteristic,and state self-objectification is a temporary state triggered by specific situations.Previous studies have examined the impact of self-objectification on inhibition control,but its effects are controversial,possibly because different dimensions of traits and states involve different mechanisms.Specifically,studies have mainly examined the impact of self-objectification on inhibition control from a single perspective of traits or states,but there is still a lack of research on the impact of interactions between individuals with different severity traits and different state levels on inhibition control.In addition,inhibition control is divided into response inhibition and interference inhibition.Previous studies have mainly investigated the impact of self-objectification on interference inhibition,but the relationship between self-objectification and response inhibition is still unclear.Therefore,this study adopts a pre-test and post-test model to explore the characteristics and patterns of the development of self-objectification affecting the inhibition and control of individuals with different traits by examining the performance of interference inhibition and response inhibition in the interaction between individuals with different severity of self-objectification of traits and the environment,and to some extent reveals the differences between the development level of self-objectification and the characteristics of inhibition and control.This study examined the effects of the interaction between traits and different levels of self-objectification on response inhibition and interference inhibition through two behavioral experiments.In Experiment 1,184 valid subjects were selected and 3(group: high trait/low trait/non trait)were used × 2(Test type: pre-test/post-test)× 2(Consistency: Consistent,Inconsistent)three factor mixed experimental design,in which trait self-objectification is an between-subject variable,test type and consistency are within-subject variables,and dependent variables are response time and accuracy of performance of the color word Stroop task.In Experiment 2,180 valid subjects were selected and 3(group: high trait/low trait/non trait)were used ×2(test type: pre-test/post-test)for two factor mixed experimental design.Among them,trait self-objectification is an between-subject variable,the test type is an within-subject variable,and the dependent variable is the response time(SSRT)and accuracy of the stop signal task.The findings of this study are:(1)Before starting,the scores of the high trait self-objectified individual state scale were significantly higher than those of the low trait and non-trait individuals,and the response time and accuracy rate of the Stroop task were significantly lower than those of the medium and non-trait individuals.There was no significant difference in the response time and accuracy rate of the three groups of individuals on the stop signal task.After starting,there were no significant differences between the scores of the high trait individual status scale,the response time and accuracy rate of the Stroop task,and the accuracy rate of the stop signal task before and after starting.(2)Before starting,the scores of the low trait self-objectified individual state scale,the Stroop task response time,and the accuracy rate were significantly better than those of the high trait,but there was no significant difference between the low trait self-objectified individual state scale and the non-trait self-objectified individual state scale.After initiation,the scores of the low trait individual status scale significantly increased,the response time and accuracy of the Stroop task significantly decreased,and the accuracy of the stop signal task significantly decreased.(3)Before starting,the scores of the non-trait self-objectified individual state scale,Stroop task response time,and accuracy were significantly better than those of high and low traits.After starting,there were no significant differences in the scores of the non trait individual status scale,the response time and accuracy rate of the Stroop task,and the accuracy rate of the stop signal task compared to before starting.Based on the results of the two studies,this study draws the following conclusions:(1)Individuals with high traits maintain a high state before and after state initiation,with the worst inhibition and control performance.(2)Individuals with low traits are in a low state before state initiation,and become in a high state after state initiation,resulting in poor inhibition and control performance.(3)Non idiosyncratic individuals maintain a low state before and after state initiation,and their inhibition and control performance is best.(4)Trait self-objectification has a negative impact on interference inhibition,but has no significant impact on response inhibition.(5)The interaction between traits and different state levels has a negative impact on interference inhibition and reaction inhibition.