On the basis of objectification theory, this study examined if interpersonal sexual objectification experiences would
affect job search stress with medicating effect of internalization of sociocultural standards of beauty, body
surveillance, and body shame among female undergraduates. Data were collected from a sample of 304 female
juniors and seniors in universities located in Jeonbook province, and analyzed using the structural equation
modeling. Results showed that the hypothesis model, which included the indirect link of body surveillance to job
search stress through body shame, fitted better the data than the competing model adding the direct path
between body surveillance and job search stress. These findings indicate that when female college students are
repeatedly exposed to sexual objectification experiences in interpersonal relations they are likely to internalize
sociocultural standards of body, to evaluate their body against those standards, to feel shame on their body,
which in turn to add more job search stress. Implications for counseling and education are discussed and
directions for future studies are suggested based on the limitations of this study.