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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
Abstract
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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- 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
- 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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