Table 1.
Studies Examining the Relationships Between Thin-Ideal Internalization, Acculturation, and Eating Pathology by Type of Acculturation Measured in Women
| Study | N | Sample | Thin-Ideal Internalization Measure | Acculturation Measure | Eating Pathology Measure | Support for Relationships by Type of Acculturation Measured | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INT (-) | ASM (+) | SEP/MAR (+) | STR(+) | ||||||
| Poloskov and Tracey, 201361 | 211 | Mexican American college women | SATAQ-I | Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II | Eating Disorders Inventory; Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire | - | Yes | - | - |
| Menon and Harter, 201251 | 399 | Latino college men, women (n = 262) | SATAQ-R | Riverside Acculturative Stress Inventory | Body Esteem Scale; Body Areas Satisfaction Questionnaire; Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire | - | - | - | Yes |
| Nouri et al, 201179 | 154 | Asian American college women | SATAQ-3 | Language fluency | Body Shape Questionnaire | - | No | - | - |
| Reddy and Crowther, 200718 | 74 | South Asian American women | Ideal-Body Internalization Scale-Revised | Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale; Cultural Values Conflict Scale for South Asians | Eating Attitudes Test | Yes* | No | - | Yes |
| Warren et al, 201083 | 94 | Mexican American women | SATAQ-3 | Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II | Body Shape Questionnaire | - | Yes | - | - |
| Blow et al, 201052 | 163 | Hispanic college men and women (n = 95) | SATAQ | Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics | Body Happiness Questionnaire | - | No | - | - |
| Lau et al, 200682 | 59 | Asian American women | SATAQ-3 | Asian Values Scale | Body Parts Satisfaction Scale, Body Comparisons Scale | - | - | No | - |
| Stark-Wroblewski et al, 200586 | 106 | Asian female international students in US | SATAQ | American-International Relations Survey | Eating Attitudes Test | - | No | - | - |
| Franko et al, 201255 | 27 | Latina college women | Qualitative data | Qualitative data | Qualitative data | - | Yes | - | - |
| Gordon et al, 201053 | 276 | White, Latina, and Black college women | Stunkard Body Figure scale | Stephenson Multigroup Acculturation Scale, Social, Attitudinal, Familial, and Environmental Acculturative Stress Scale | Eating Disorders Inventory | - | - | - | No |
| Lester and Petrie, 199590 | 142 | Mexican American women | Beliefs About Attractiveness Questionnaire | Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans | Body Parts Satisfaction Scale | - | No | - | - |
| Yoshimura, 199591 | 31 | Asian American females w/ED | Body Attitudes Scale | Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale | Eating Disorders Inventory | - | No | - | - |
Notes: Types of acculturation noted with a (+) indicate that they theoretically have a positive correlation with thin-ideal internalization whereas types of acculturation with a (-) have a negative association with thin-ideal internalization. Support for Relationship by Type of Acculturation Measured indicates whether study findings lend support (or not) for the relationship between that type of acculturation, thin-ideal internalization, and eating pathology. *Reddy and Crowther (2007)18 found a negative association between thin-ideal internalization and cultural conflict (ie, the opposite of cultural integration).
Abbreviations: SATAQ, Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire; INT, Integration; ASM, Assimilation; SEP/MAR, Separation and/or Marginalization; STR, Acculturative stress.