We are looking for a PhD candidate to join the SAFE-SORRY team and work on the ARC project “Situating the Study of Women’s Body Ownership within a Family Context”, under the supervision of Philippe Bernard and Stijn Van Petegem.

The broader project examines women’s body ownership, defined as the sense of being free and legitimate to decide over one’s own body, by situating its development within a family context. In particular, the PhD project will focus on how parenting practices may shape body ownership in young women, with a particular emphasis on perceived parental overprotection, i.e., parenting behaviors that may limit opportunities to develop autonomy.

The project will also investigate psychological mechanisms that may help explain these associations, including attachment and self-objectification. The doctoral research will combine perspectives from social, developmental, and family psychology and will primarily rely on quantitative and experimental research methods. The PhD student will be integrated into a collaborative research team working on parenting, gender, self-objectification, and body ownership.

Further information: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/468042 

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