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      Ethnicity and body dissatisfaction among women in the United States: a meta-analysis.

      Psychological Bulletin
      Body Image, Ethnic Groups, statistics & numerical data, Female, Humans, Somatoform Disorders, epidemiology, ethnology, United States

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          The prevailing view in popular culture and the psychological literature is that White women have greater body dissatisfaction than women of color. In this meta-analysis, 6 main effect sizes were obtained for differences among Asian American, Black, Hispanic, and White women with a sample of 98 studies, yielding 222 effect sizes. The average d for the White-Black comparison was 0.29, indicating that White women are more dissatisfied, but the difference is small. All other comparisons were smaller, and many were close to zero. The findings directly challenge the belief that there are large differences in dissatisfaction between White and all non-White women and suggest that body dissatisfaction may not be the golden girl problem promoted in the literature. Implications for theory and treatment are discussed. Copyright (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved.

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          16822170
          10.1037/0033-2909.132.4.622

          Chemistry
          Body Image,Ethnic Groups,statistics & numerical data,Female,Humans,Somatoform Disorders,epidemiology,ethnology,United States

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