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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu12613134082021-08-03T05:57:51Z Is thin in : the influence of sociocultural variables on the development of body image and disordered eating in African and European American college women Thompson-Leonardelli, Kenya Irena <p>Traditionally, body image disturbance and eating disorders have been viewed as a European American female phenomenon but a growing body of evidence suggests that women of color, including African American women, may also be susceptible. The present study investigated the relationships between African and European American women's socioculturally developed attitudes about being attractive and body image, disordered eating, and overall self-esteem. The two attitudes studied were: (1) to be beautiful you must be thin and, (2) to be beautiful you must be White. The second attitude was examined specifically in the African American sample, and was measured using the Implicit Association Test (IAT). Participants, 131 African American and 165 European American female college students completed the IAT, Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire, Body Esteem Scale, Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire-Appearance Evaluation subscale, Body Shape Questionnaire-Revised, Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale, Eating Attitudes Test, and a demographic questionnaire. Results supported the hypothesis that African American women exhibit more positive body images, less disordered eating characteristics, and higher overall self-esteem. As expected, analyses suggested that the race differences on body image, disordered eating and self-esteem were mediated by participants' beliefs that being thin is the ideal. However, the results also revealed variance in body satisfaction and disordered eating within both racial groups. Similar to European Americans, African Americans who espoused the thin ideal were more likely to be less satisfied with their bodies, to engage in disordered eating and to report lower self-esteem. Also, African Americans who showed the clearest implicit preference for European American appearance were reported greater dissatisfaction with their bodies and lower self-esteem. Finally, results only partially supported the hypothesis that greater body preoccupation would be associated with greater disordered eating and lower self-esteem in women with greater body dissatisfaction. The hypothesis was only supported with European American women when predicting self-esteem. Overall, the present study showed that similar sociocultural attitudes about beauty may affect African and European American women's body image and that the levels of body image disturbance and eating concerns in the African American community will continue to grow as these European American thin ideals flourish.</p> 2002 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1261313408 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1261313408 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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Is thin in : the influence of sociocultural variables on the development of body image and disordered eating in African and European American college women
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Is thin in : the influence of sociocultural variables on the development of body image and disordered eating in African and European American college women
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Is thin in : the influence of sociocultural variables on the development of body image and disordered eating in African and European American college women
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Is thin in : the influence of sociocultural variables on the development of body image and disordered eating in African and European American college women
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Is thin in : the influence of sociocultural variables on the development of body image and disordered eating in African and European American college women
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is thin in : the influence of sociocultural variables on the development of body image and disordered eating in african and european american college women
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2002
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