Abstract British South Asian women may experience unique appearance pressures
associated with their intersecting (racialised and gendered) identities; yet qualitative …

Migration is generally considered to be a driver of enhancing the subjective well-being of
immigrants; however, personal characteristics such as educational attainment, migration …

The current study examined the associations between perceived actual-ideal discrepancies
in facial and bodily attributes and adolescent girls' appearance satisfaction and whether …

Research on body image and racism has largely focused on how individual experiences of
racism are associated with detrimental body image outcomes. However, research has not …

Highly visual and appearance-focused social media often exhibit appearance ideals that
center around fairness and whiteness, resulting in the promotion of dangerous over-the …

Research regarding women's body image experiences during menopause is limited; few
studies reflect the experiences of South Asian Canadian women. This study qualitatively …

Research has limitedly explored how colorism shapes the mental health and well-being of
South Asian women across the diaspora. The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenology …

Abstract Female immigrants from South Asia residing in Northern America and Europe
encounter an unanticipated gender disparity that has the potential to affect their overall well …

Social class profoundly shapes the sociocultural environments that women inhabit.
However, existing appearance research has not examined social class as a sociocultural …

In this chapter, we discuss the various types of body image measures that have been used
with Asian and Asian American samples, most of which have been developed and validated …