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Do Racial Minorities Respond in the Same Way to Mainstream Beauty Standards? Social Comparison Processes in Asian, Black, and White Women

CHIN EVANS, PEGGY, McCONNELL, ALLEN R.·2003·Self and Identity
DOI 10.1080/15298860309030
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Some members of stigmatized groups, such as Asian women, may be more likely to experience negative self-evaluations after exposure to a mainstream beauty standard than members of other stigmatized groups, such as Black women. In this study, 54 Asian women, 52 Black women, and 64 White women, were exposed to mainstream standards of beauty and compared themselves to these idealized images. It was hypothesized that although Black women would find these comparisons irrelevant, Asian women would see these targets as relevant for their comparisons, reflecting their striving for mainstream beauty standards. The results indicated that Black women did not find mainstream standards as relevant to themselves, and reported positive self-evaluations generally and about their bodies in particular. Asian women, on the other hand, responded differently than Black women and were more likely to endorse mainstream beauty standards in a similar fashion to White women. As predicted, Asian women also experienced greater dissatisfaction with their bodies than did Black women.

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  • Social comparisons are one of the primary mechanisms through which adolescent girls assess their bodies.

    “research examining sources of body dissatisfaction indicate that social comparisons are one of the primary mechanisms through which adolescent girls assess their bodies”

    From Body Size and Social Self-Image Among Adolescent African American Girls (2009) · cites this paper as Evans & McConnell, 2003

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Authors
CHIN EVANS, P., & McCONNELL, A. R.
Affiliations
Miami University (US)
ORCID
McCONNELL, ALLEN R.
Venue
Self and Identity
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2003-04
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
153-167
ISSN
  • 1529-8868 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-8876
DOI
10.1080/15298860309030
OpenAlex
W2067547825
Cited by
208
References
43
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Self and Identity (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords
beauty standards, racial minorities, social comparison, Asian women, Black women, white women, body dissatisfaction, self-assessment, stigmatized groups, ethnic differences

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