Do you see what I see?: An exploration of inter-ethnic ideal body size comparisons among college women

Webb, Jennifer B.; Warren‐Findlow, Jan; Chou, Ying-Yi; Adams, Lauren

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.03.005

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“…This data supports that minority women need to be approached with an open-mindedness surrounding ideal body image and that health coaches or other individuals should allow the participant to explore what body size/shape is ideal for them. In addition, two similar studies in African American females found that they also, like our participants, want to define their own ideals and be themselves, not be forced into what society believes as beautiful [21] [22].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 63%

Black Community College Students and Opinions and Beliefs on Weight in the Community: A Focus Group Study

Stephens¹,

Perkins²

2019

Health

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to better understand black community college students' beliefs on obesity in their community. Methods: Participants were 18-21 years old and African American/Hispanic Black. Focus group sessions were conducted with a discussion guide. Thematic analysis was used to analyze results. Results: Five focus groups were conducted. Four major themes emerged: My Culture Matters, The Effects of Slavery are Still Present, Meet Me Where I Want to Be, Not Where Society Wants Me, and If They Have Been Fat, They Get Me. It is clear that weight programs need to be sensitive to cultural preferences. Conclusion: Our results present unique factors related to overweight/obesity in the Black community.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 63%

Black Community College Students and Opinions and Beliefs on Weight in the Community: A Focus Group Study

Stephens¹,

Perkins²

2019

Health

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“…As our stimuli specifically targeted female and male participants separately with same-sex body ideal models, the current findings for selfimprovement texts were anticipated for both women and men. Furthermore, it should be noted that more recently, women's ideals have seemed to be evolving from "ultrathin" to "curvy thin" or "athletic" bodies (Benton & Karazia, 2015;Webb, Warren-Findlow, Chou, & Adams, 2013). Given that the models in our present study represent the more traditional ultrathin body ideal for women, this leaves room to investigate the responses to various social comparison motives in case of exposure to these evolving ideals.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 84%

Boost Your Body: Self-Improvement Magazine Messages Increase Body Satisfaction in Young Adults

Veldhuis

Konijn

Knobloch‐Westerwick

2016

Health Communication

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The verbal messages that contextualize exposure to idealized body imagery may moderate media users' body satisfaction. Such contextualizing verbal messages often take the form of social comparison motives in fashion magazines, while body dissatisfaction is an important mechanism underlying various body image-related health issues like depression and unbalanced weight status. Hence, the present study applied social comparison motives as induced through magazine cover messages. Hypotheses were tested in an experimental design with social comparison motives (self-improvement vs. self-evaluation vs. control) and recipient gender as between-subjects factors and body satisfaction as within-subjects factor (N = 150). Results showed that self-improvement messages accompanying ideal body media models increased body satisfaction, compared to control messages and baseline measures. In contrast, the self-evaluation messages did not impact body satisfaction. Results imply that inconsistencies regarding effects from exposure to idealized body imagery are explained by the context in which media images are portrayed, evoking differential social comparison motives. Moreover, the findings imply that health communication interventions can use verbal messages on body improvement as helpful tools, if they draw on social comparison motives effectively.

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“…For example, the authors of one early review concluded that ‘whites experience greater eating disturbance and body dissatisfaction than their non‐white counterparts’ (Wildes et al ., , p. 548). In explanation, it has been suggested that ethnic minority women have more flexible beauty ideals (Webb, Warren‐Findlow, Chou, & Adams, ) or do not internalize mainstream Euro‐American norms of beauty, particularly the thin ideal (Swami, Airs, Chouhan, Padilla Leon, & Towell, ). Conversely, increasing levels of body dissatisfaction among ethnic minority women in post‐industrial societies may reflect increasing idealization of thinness in media aimed at this demographic (Dawson‐Andoh, Gray, Soto, & Parker, ) and, consequently, greater internalization of the thin ideal (Snapp, ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Masculinities and ethnicities: Ethnic differences in drive for muscularity in British men and the negotiation of masculinity hierarchies

Swami

2015

British J of Psychology

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Although relatively little is known about ethnic differences in men's drive for muscularity, recent theoretical developments suggest that ethnic minority men may desire greater muscularity to contest their positions of relative subordinate masculinity. This study tested this hypothesis in a sample of 185 White, 180 Black British, and 182 South Asian British men. Participants completed self-report measures of drive for muscularity, need for power, adherence to traditional cultural values, and ethnic group affiliation. Taking into account between-group differences in body mass index, results indicated that White men had significantly lower drive for muscularity than Black and South Asian men, who were not significantly different from each other. In addition, greater need for power was significantly associated with higher drive for muscularity in ethnic minority, but not White, men. Greater adherence to traditional cultural values, but not ethnic group affiliation, was associated with lower drive for muscularity in all ethnic groups. These results suggest that ethnic minority men may desire greater muscularity as a means of negotiating masculinity and attendant ideals of appearance.

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Do you see what I see?: An exploration of inter-ethnic ideal body size comparisons among college women

Cited by 101 publications

References 59 publications

Black Community College Students and Opinions and Beliefs on Weight in the Community: A Focus Group Study

Black Community College Students and Opinions and Beliefs on Weight in the Community: A Focus Group Study

Boost Your Body: Self-Improvement Magazine Messages Increase Body Satisfaction in Young Adults

Masculinities and ethnicities: Ethnic differences in drive for muscularity in British men and the negotiation of masculinity hierarchies

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