Best of Both Worlds: Body Image and Satisfaction in a Sample of Black-Japanese Biracial Individuals.

Hall, Christine C. Iijima

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ERIC Number: EJ550190

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Publication Date: 1997

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Best of Both Worlds: Body Image and Satisfaction in a Sample of Black-Japanese Biracial Individuals.

Hall, Christine C. Iijima

Amerasia Journal, v23 n1 p87-97 1997

Examines how White American beauty standards and body images affect men and women of Asian and African American descent using a sample of 29 adults with African American fathers and Japanese mothers. Overall, subjects were satisfied with their bodies, although men were more satisfied of their own attractiveness than women. (SLD)

Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Asian Americans, Blacks, Body Image, Japanese, Multiracial Persons, Physical Attractiveness, Satisfaction, Self Concept, Sex Differences, Standards, Whites

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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