Body Shame and Sexual Sensation Seeking Contribute to Associations Between Interpersonal Objectification Experiences and Sex-Linked Substance Use Among Women in College

= 573) recruited from a Midwestern US university completed validated measures of objectification experiences, self-objectification, body shame, sexual sensation seeking, and SLSU. Serial mediation analyses revealed that both body evaluation and unwanted sexual advances were strongly associated with body shame, which in turn predicted greater sexual sensation seeking and SLSU. Strong associations between self-objectification and sensation seeking further underscore the importance of attending to women's strategies for enhancing pleasure and embodiment in models of objectification and sexual functioning. Clarifying sequelae of SLSU can inform interventions aimed at reducing women's alienation from their sexual selves and supporting sexual wellbeing.