Davis C, Katzman M A
Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, China.
Int J Eat Disord. 1998 Jan;23(1):99-102. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199801)23:1<99::aid-eat13>3.0.co;2-i.
The present study compared the body and weight satisfaction, self-esteem, and depression of Chinese male and female university students in Hong Kong and the United States and assessed the impact of these ratings on compensatory behavior such as dieting and exercise.
Self-report measures were administered to 501 Chinese participants in the language of their university's locale.
Females reported significantly more body dissatisfaction and depression, and males reported greater weight dissatisfaction (the majority of men wishing to be larger). Overall, Chinese subjects in Hong Kong reported significantly more body and weight dissatisfaction, lower self-esteem, higher depression, more dieting, and less exercise as compared to their counterparts in the United States.
Asian students in this study mirrored gendered patterns previously reported in Caucasian samples with respect to the relation of body image, self-esteem, and mood. For both sexes, there appeared to be a caricatured mimicking of the bodies perceived to be associated with the dominant culture--men wanted to be larger while the women wanted to be even more petite.
本研究比较了中国香港和美国的男女大学生对身体和体重的满意度、自尊及抑郁情况，并评估了这些评分对节食和锻炼等代偿行为的影响。
以所在大学当地语言对501名中国参与者进行了自我报告测量。
女性报告的身体不满和抑郁程度显著更高，男性报告的体重不满程度更高（大多数男性希望身材更壮实）。总体而言，与美国的中国学生相比，香港的中国学生报告的身体和体重不满程度显著更高、自尊更低、抑郁程度更高、节食更多且锻炼更少。
本研究中的亚洲学生在身体形象、自尊和情绪的关系方面反映了之前在白种人样本中报告的性别模式。对于男女两性来说，似乎都存在对被认为与主流文化相关的身体的滑稽模仿——男性希望身材更壮实，而女性希望身材更加娇小。
