title: Body image and face image in Asian American and white women: Examining associations with surveillance, construal of self, perfectionism, and sociocultural pressures.
abstract: Asian American women experience sociocultural pressures that could place them at increased risk for experiencing body and face dissatisfaction. Asian American and White women completed measures of appearance evaluation, overweight preoccupation, face satisfaction, face dissatisfaction frequency, perfectionism, surveillance, interdependent and independent self-construal, and perceived sociocultural pressures. In Study 1 (N=182), Asian American women were more likely than White women to report low appearance evaluation (24% vs. 12%; d=-0.50) and to be sometimes-always dissatisfied with the appearance of their eyes (38% vs. 6%; d=0.90) and face overall (59% vs. 34%; d=0.41). In Study 2 (N=488), they were more likely to report low appearance evaluation (36% vs. 23%; d=-0.31) and were less likely to report high eye appearance satisfaction (59% vs. 88%; d=-0.84). The findings highlight the importance of considering ethnic differences when assessing body and face image.
authors.affiliation: Crean School of Health and Life Sciences, Chapman University, Orange, CA, United States. Electronic address: Enderflies1@aol.com.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Frederick
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States.
authors.forename: Mackenzie C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States.
authors.forename: Janet D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Latner
authors.affiliation: Crean School of Health and Life Sciences, Chapman University, Orange, CA, United States.
authors.forename: Gaganjyot
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sandhu
authors.affiliation: California State University, Fullerton, CA, United States.
authors.forename: Yuying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012649:Self Concept; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Asian American; Body image; Ethnic differences; Face satisfaction; Objectification; Perfectionism