Gender and Race Matter: The Importance of Considering Intersections in Black Women's Body Image
Gender and Race Matter: The Importance of Considering Intersections in Black Women's Body Image
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DOI：
10.1037/a0034597
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Kim, Suah
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作者：
Capodilupo, Christina M.;Kim, Suah
传统上，身体意象文献使用种族作为变量来解释身体满意度和饮食失调患病率的种族差异。而不是采用种族作为解释变量，本研究采用了定性的方法来探讨种族，民族，文化，歧视和身体形象的非洲裔美国人和黑人妇女之间的关系。这项研究的目的是为了更深入地了解种族和性别如何与身体形象相互作用并影响身体形象。妇女是通过一个大都市的社区中心招募的，她们代表着不同的族裔。总共有26名妇女谁确定为黑人种族（平均年龄= 26岁）参加了6个焦点小组，探讨身体理想，社会信息，文化价值观，种族主义和性别歧视。从焦点小组的叙事数据进行了分析，使用扎根理论。身体/自我形象这一核心范畴不仅受到对体重和体型的感知和感受的影响，还受到对头发、皮肤和态度的影响。另外三个类别，每个都有多个属性，出现了：人际影响，压迫的经历和媒体信息。这些范畴相互作用，解释了身体/自我形象的中心范畴，并提出了一个涌现理论。
Traditionally, body image literature has used race as a variable to explain ethnic-specific differences in body satisfaction and the prevalence of eating disorders. Instead of employing race as an explanatory variable, the present study utilized a qualitative method to explore the relationships among race, ethnicity, culture, discrimination, and body image for African American and Black women. The purpose of the study was to gain a deeper understanding of how race and gender interface with and inform body image. Women were recruited through community centers in a major metropolitan city and represented a diversity of ethnicities. In total, 26 women who identified racially as Black (mean age = 26 years) participated in 6 focus groups, which explored body ideals, societal messages, cultural values, racism, and sexism. Narrative data from the focus groups were analyzed using grounded theory. The central category, Body/Self Image, was informed by perceptions of and feelings about not only weight and shape but also hair, skin, and attitude. Three additional categories, each with multiple properties, emerged: Interpersonal Influences, Experiences of Oppression, and Media Messages. These categories interact to explain the central category of Body/Self Image, and an emergent theory is presented.