Self-esteem differences as a function of race and weight preoccupation: findings and implications

Jones, Stacy Holman; Moulton, Michael; Moulton, Patrice; Roach, Scott S.

doi:10.1016/s1049-3867(98)00025-5

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“…In general, there appears to be no relationship between self-esteem and weight for African American females (Cameron et al, 1996;Faith, Manibay, Kravitz, Griffith, & Allison, 1998;Jones, Moulton, Moulton, & Roach, 1999), whereas weight and self-esteem correlate significantly for White American females (Hill & Williams, 1998;Johansen, Jacobsen, Rosenvinge, Perry, & Silvera, 1998;C. T. Miller & Downey, 1999).…”

Section: Self-esteem and Weightmentioning

confidence: 81%

Body Mass Index, Self-Esteem, and Suicide Risk in Clinically Depressed African American and White American Females

Palmer¹

2003

Journal of Black Psychology

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Self-esteem and depression, as well as depression and body mass index (BMI), have consistently been found to be significantly associated for African American and White American females. The results are dissimilar when BMI and selfesteem are studied. Historically, the relationship between BMI and self-esteem is weak or nonexistent for African American females; however, for White American females, the relationship is usually significant. The goal of this study was to determine whether clinically depressed, healthy-weight, overweight, and obese females would differ significantly on self-esteem and suicide risk measures. In a voluntary hospital-based inpatient psychiatric unit, 165 clinically depressed females completed the self-esteem rating scale and the suicide risk scale. Healthyweight, overweight, and obese African American females did not differ significantly on measures of self-esteem and suicide risk. However, depressed, obese White American females had significantly lower self-esteem and increased suicide risk than depressed healthy-weight and overweight White American females. Implications of the current results are discussed.

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Section: Self-esteem and Weightmentioning

confidence: 81%

Body Mass Index, Self-Esteem, and Suicide Risk in Clinically Depressed African American and White American Females

Palmer¹

2003

Journal of Black Psychology

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“…Akbar et al (2001) also found that female Jamaican children had significantly higher self-esteem than males as measured by the Piers-Harris Self-Esteem Scale. Investigations into body image issues and ratings of self-attractiveness have found that African-American women generally have a better body image and higher ratings of self-attractiveness than white females (Altabe, 1998;Jones et al, 1999).…”

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Number of friends and self-perception among Jamaican children: the role of attractiveness and fluctuating asymmetry

2019

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The role that physical attractiveness and fluctuating asymmetry (FA), a measure of developmental instability, play in self-perception and peer associations were explored in a well-studied cohort of Jamaican children using a novel research paradigm where subjects were already known to each other for extensive periods of time. The results showed that how attractive a child was perceived by others was significantly positively correlated with self-ratings of attractiveness. Contrary to findings from WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) samples, the study found a reversal in the sex differences in self-perceived attractiveness and self-esteem, where Jamaican females rate themselves more attractive and report higher self-esteem than do males. Attractiveness also predicts overall popularity, as measured by desirability as a friend and the percentage of peers who choose an individual as a friend. Attractive individuals of both sexes were chosen more often as ‘friends’. A significant correlation was also found between an individual’s FA and the average FA of those chosen as friends. However, the effect was primarily due to preferences by males for female friends possessing similar levels of FA, which could be an effective strategy in reducing future mating effort.

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Overweight and Depressive Symptoms among African-American Women

Siegel

Yancey

McCarthy

2000

Preventive Medicine

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Self-esteem differences as a function of race and weight preoccupation: findings and implications

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Body Mass Index, Self-Esteem, and Suicide Risk in Clinically Depressed African American and White American Females

Body Mass Index, Self-Esteem, and Suicide Risk in Clinically Depressed African American and White American Females

Number of friends and self-perception among Jamaican children: the role of attractiveness and fluctuating asymmetry

Overweight and Depressive Symptoms among African-American Women

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