An examination of the relationships between acculturative stress, perceived discrimination, and eating disorder symptoms among ethnic minority college students

Kwan, Mun Yee; Gordon, Kathryn H.; Minnich, Allison M.

doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2017.12.003

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“…13 These established acculturative stressors lead to eating disorders, body dissatisfaction, and bodyweight misperception among ethnic minority groups in the United States. 35,36 Parental and family acculturation have been described as a contributing factor to bodyweight misperception for adolescents from Asian immigrant families. 37 It is hypothesized that the family dynamics become distressed from the incongruent pace of acculturation between parents and children.…”

Section: Mass Media Influencementioning

confidence: 99%

Bodyweight Misperception by Chinese American Females Influenced by Cultural and Social Ideals: Implication for Home Health Care

Tock

Tung

Holston

et al. 2019

Home Health Care Management & Practice

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Bodyweight misperception results from the desire to achieve an ideal body emphasized by cultural mores and societal norms. It is sustained by the desire to be cultural compliant, especially for ethnic minority women such as Chinese American females. Through cultural beliefs, these women’s self-perceived weight status is distorted, which strengthens the impact of bodyweight misperception in their daily life as poor physical health, distressed psychosocial health, risky and unsafe health practices and behaviors, and diminished quality of life. Evidently, bodyweight misperception promotes maladaptive health behaviors. However, bodyweight misperception is barely captured in the current science about women’s health, and is minimally explored in research about Chinese American females’ desire and efforts to achieve the ideal body type. Therefore, the purpose of this literature review was to explore (1) body weight perception, (2) the factors associated with it, and (3) the negative health consequences triggered by it, in Chinese American females. Studies confirm that Chinese American females shape their body weight perception by internalized cultural ideals, acculturative stress, mass media, and social pressures. They overestimate their body weight more than underestimate it as evident by frequent weight-loss attempts. This internalized bodyweight misperception affects their physical and psychological health, with undesirable consequences on their quality of life. Home health care professionals interact closely with patients from diverse cultural backgrounds; remaining culturally sensitive is crucial in their practice. Knowledge from this literature review emphasizes the need for culturally appropriate weight management strategies for the delivery of competent home health care to Chinese American females.

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Section: Mass Media Influencementioning

confidence: 99%

Bodyweight Misperception by Chinese American Females Influenced by Cultural and Social Ideals: Implication for Home Health Care

Tock

Tung

Holston

et al. 2019

Home Health Care Management & Practice

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“…Body dissatisfaction refers to negative subjective evaluations of one’s physical body, such as figure, weight, stomach, and hips (Stice & Shaw, 2002). Individuals with high body dissatisfaction will be at higher risk of eating disorders because they are likely to seek changes to their bodies by taking extreme measures: reducing calorie intake or participating in self-induced purging (Kwan, Gordon, & Minnich, 2018; Stice & Shaw, 2002; Thompson & Stice, 2001). Body dissatisfaction should not be confused with body distortion, which occurs when one views their body as significantly larger it is (Stice & Shaw, 2002; Thompson & Stice, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Acculturative stress references the strain many minority groups experience as a result of inconsistencies between expectations of their own ethnic culture and that of the dominant group. Acculturation levels span the borders between mainstream body ideals and Latinx cultural values (Cachelin et al, 2006; Cachelin et al, 2000; Kwan et al, 2018; Schooler & Daniels, 2014). Acculturative stress may occur when one is attempting to learn the language and social norms of the dominant culture.…”

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“…Acculturative stress may occur when one is attempting to learn the language and social norms of the dominant culture. Those who are not acculturated may experience greater acculturative stress because as they learn the cultural patterns of the new society, they realize how different they are from their own (Cachelin et al, 2006; Cachelin et al, 2000; Kwan et al, 2018; Schooler & Daniels, 2014; Umana- Taylor, Diversi, & Fine, 2002). Latina girls who are more acculturated into Western culture may internalize the dominant thin ideal (Schooler, 2008).…”

Section: Conceptual Model For Latina Adolescentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Conceptual Framework Exploring Social Media, Eating Disorders, and Body Dissatisfaction Among Latina Adolescents

Opara

Santos

2019

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

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The purpose of this review is to propose a conceptual framework using objectification theory and intersectionality theory to examine social media’s influence on body image and its effect on eating disorder predictors among Latina adolescents. To examine and explore how these effects from social media usage can result in mental health disparities that affect this group, emphasis was placed on how Latina ethnic identity mediates body image. Implications for clinicians and researchers include using strengths-based and culturally specific approaches as protective factors for Latina adolescents to strengthen ethnic identity.

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“…Acculturative stress has been linked to the presence of anxiety and depressive disorders, as well as feelings of marginality, increased psychosomatic disorders, eating behavior, and identity confusion [ 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 ]. It can also have a mediating effect on the relationship between discrimination and health [ 9 ], acculturation and sedentarism [ 49 ], the association between acculturation and psychological functioning [ 50 ], or between discrimination and psychological stress [ 51 ].…”

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Discrimination and Health: The Mediating Effect of Acculturative Stress

Urzúa

Caqueo-Urízar

Henríquez

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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There is not much evidence on the effects of south–south migration and its consequences on physical and mental health. Our objective was to examine the mediating role of Acculturative Stress in the association between ethnic discrimination and racial discrimination with physical and mental health. This research is a non-experimental, analytical, cross-sectional study. A total of 976 adult Colombian migrants living in Chile were interviewed. We used the Everyday Discrimination Scale, the acculturative stress scale, and the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form (SF-12) for health status; we found that racial and ethnic discrimination had a negative effect on physical and mental health. In the simultaneous presence of both types of discrimination, racial discrimination was completely absorbed by ethnic discrimination, the latter becoming a total mediator of the effect of racial discrimination on mental and physical health. Our findings are consistent with the literature, which suggests that there are various types of discrimination which, individually or in their intersectionality, can have negative effects on health.

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An examination of the relationships between acculturative stress, perceived discrimination, and eating disorder symptoms among ethnic minority college students

Cited by 35 publications

References 38 publications

Bodyweight Misperception by Chinese American Females Influenced by Cultural and Social Ideals: Implication for Home Health Care

Bodyweight Misperception by Chinese American Females Influenced by Cultural and Social Ideals: Implication for Home Health Care

A Conceptual Framework Exploring Social Media, Eating Disorders, and Body Dissatisfaction Among Latina Adolescents

Discrimination and Health: The Mediating Effect of Acculturative Stress

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