Gray Peter B, Frederick David A
Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
Evol Psychol. 2012 Sep 6;10(3):631-55. doi: 10.1177/147470491201000319.
We investigated body image in St. Kitts, a Caribbean island where tourism, international media, and relatively high levels of body fat are common. Participants were men and women recruited from St. Kitts (n = 39) and, for comparison, U.S. samples from universities (n = 618) and the Internet (n = 438). Participants were shown computer generated images varying in apparent body fat level and muscularity or breast size and they indicated their body type preferences and attitudes. Overall, there were only modest differences in body type preferences between St. Kitts and the Internet sample, with the St. Kitts participants being somewhat more likely to value heavier women. Notably, however, men and women from St. Kitts were more likely to idealize smaller breasts than participants in the U.S. samples. Attitudes regarding muscularity were generally similar across samples. This study provides one of the few investigations of body preferences in the Caribbean.
我们对加勒比海岛国圣基茨的身体意象进行了调查，在该国，旅游业、国际媒体以及较高的体脂率都很常见。参与者包括从圣基茨招募的男性和女性（n = 39），作为比较，还有来自美国大学的样本（n = 618）和互联网样本（n = 438）。向参与者展示了计算机生成的图像，这些图像在明显的体脂水平、肌肉发达程度或乳房大小方面有所不同，他们表明了自己对体型的偏好和态度。总体而言，圣基茨样本和互联网样本在体型偏好上只有适度差异，圣基茨的参与者更倾向于看重体重较重的女性。然而，值得注意的是，与美国样本中的参与者相比，圣基茨的男性和女性更倾向于理想化较小的乳房。各样本对肌肉发达程度的态度总体相似。这项研究是对加勒比地区身体偏好的少数调查之一。
