Asian body image satisfaction: ethnic and gender differences across Chinese, Indo-Asian, and European-descent students.
This study extends previous research on ethnocultural differences in body image satisfaction by comparing two distinct Asian groups with a European descent group (N = 1471). Canadian undergraduates completed self-report body image measures. Participants descended from China reported the lowest levels of body satisfaction. Body satisfaction of participants descended from Indo-Asia was the next lowest, significantly lower than their European descent counterparts. The body satisfaction of women was lower than that of men across all groups and all participants expressed a desire to be thinner. The results suggest that one cannot generalize across Asian populations, as there may be significant differences between various ethnic minority groups.
Kennedy
M Alexis
MA
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. alexiskennedy@hotmail.com
Templeton
Laura
L
Gandhi
Anita
A
Gorzalka
Boris B
BB