Concentration: Psychology
Biography:
Abbie Clapp is a PhD student in the departments of Gender and Women’s Studies and Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, advised by Dr. Sara Chadwick. She conducts quantitative and mixed-methods feminist social psychology research broadly concerned with investigating the sources of sexual wellbeing among women and gender minority folks, with particular interests in sexual desire, satisfaction, and orgasm. She is interested in exploring these topics within several domains, including in comparing casual sex vs. relationship sexual contexts and through the lens of sexual script theory. In her current primary line of research, she is interested in the role of sexual objectification experiences in shaping sexual wellbeing in multidimensional ways, particularly in the context of romantic relationships. Abbie has previously conducted research interrogating the role of self-objectification in predicting sexual satisfaction and sexual attitudes and beliefs. She received her MSc in Psychological Research from the University of Edinburgh in 2021, followed by working as a lab manager in a social psychology lab at Duke University and as a Data Analyst in the non-profit sphere.
Publications:
Van Cappellen, P., Clapp, A. R., & Algoe, S. B. (2023). God of the good gaps: Prevalence, eliciting situations, and demonstrations of gratitude to god as compared to interpersonal gratitude. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 19(1), 66–82. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2190928
Clapp, A. R., & Syed, M. (2021). Self-objectification and sexual satisfaction: A preregistered test of the replicability and robustness of Calogero & Thompson (2009) in a sample of U.S. women. Body Image, 39, 16–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.05.011