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    Acculturative Stress and Body Dissatisfaction among Asian American Women

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    Author/Creator
    Jung, Sarah
    Date
    2020-01-20
    Type of Work
    application:pdf
    Text
    thesis
    Department
    Psychology
    Program
    Psychology
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    This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is made available by UMBC for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/specoll/repro.php or contact Special Collections at speccoll(at)umbc.edu
    Subjects
    Acculturative Stress
    Asian American Women
    Body Dissatisfaction
    Abstract
    The purpose of this study is was to examine the association between acculturative stress and body dissatisfaction among Asian American female emerging adults using the tripartite influence model. Participants (N = 102) comprised of Asian American female students attending a mid-sized university in Maryland, who were recruited from psychology courses, student organizations, and flyers posted around campus. The mean age for the sample was 19.5 years old (SD = 1.89; range = 18 to 25). The sample was comprised of 42.2% South Asian, 34.3% East Asian, and 23.5% South East Asian self-identified participants. A series of multiple regression analyses found that the internalization of the thinness ideal mediated the association between the tripartite sociocultural influences and body dissatisfaction. Moderation analysis indicated that acculturative stress did not moderate the indirect or direct pathways of the tripartite influence model. These findings underscore the important role of the internalization of thinness as a potential mediating pathway for the influences of sociocultural factors on body dissatisfaction, and the need for future research to clarify the role of acculturative stress in the model of body dissatisfaction among Asian American emerging adult women.


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    Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery
    University of Maryland, Baltimore County
    1000 Hilltop Circle
    Baltimore, MD 21250
    www.umbc.edu/scholarworks

    Contact information:
    Email: scholarworks-group@umbc.edu
    Phone: 410-455-3021


    If you wish to submit a copyright complaint or withdrawal request, please email mdsoar-help@umd.edu.