Department of Counseling Psychology, University of San Francisco.
Department of Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University.
J Couns Psychol. 2017 Mar;64(2):179-191. doi: 10.1037/cou0000195.
Objectification theory has been applied to understand disordered eating among college women. A recent extension of objectification theory (Moradi, 2010) conceptualizes racism as a socialization experience that shapes women of color's objectification experiences, yet limited research has examined this theoretical assertion. The present study proposed and examined a racially expanded model of objectification theory that postulated perceived racial discrimination, perpetual foreigner racism, and racial/ethnic teasing as correlates of Asian American college women's (N = 516) self-objectification processes and eating disorder symptomatology. Perceived racial discrimination, perpetual foreigner racism, and racial/ethnic teasing were indirectly associated with eating disordered symptomatology through self-objectification processes of internalization of media ideals of beauty (media internalization), body surveillance, and body shame. Results support the inclusion of racial stressors as contexts of objectification for Asian American women. The present findings also underscore perceived racial discrimination, racial/ethnic teasing, and perpetual foreigner racism as group-specific risk factors with major theoretical, empirical, and clinical relevance to eating disorder research and treatment with Asian American college women. (PsycINFO Database Record
客观化理论被应用于理解大学生女性的饮食失调。客观化理论的一个最新延伸（莫拉迪，2010 年）将种族主义概念化为一种社会化经验，影响有色人种女性的客观化体验，但有限的研究检验了这一理论主张。本研究提出并检验了一个种族扩展的客观化理论模型，该模型假设感知到的种族歧视、永久的外国人种族主义和种族/族裔嘲笑是亚裔美国女大学生（N=516）自我客观化过程和饮食障碍症状的相关因素。感知到的种族歧视、永久的外国人种族主义和种族/族裔嘲笑通过内化媒体对美的理想（媒体内化）、身体监控和身体羞耻等自我客观化过程与饮食障碍症状间接相关。研究结果支持将种族压力源作为亚裔美国女性客观化的背景。本研究结果还强调了感知到的种族歧视、种族/族裔嘲笑和永久外国人种族主义作为特定群体的风险因素，对亚裔美国大学生的饮食障碍研究和治疗具有重要的理论、实证和临床意义。
