Understanding body dissatisfaction and preferences among Palestinian-Arab Women in Israel: Westernization and culturally bound factor

IF 2.4 2区 社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102094
Laura Mansour, Lily Rothschild-Yakar, Rabaa Sweid, Jenny Kurman
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Body dissatisfaction, a risk factor for eating disorders, is documented among women in various cultural settings. We focus on prediction of body dissatisfaction among Muslim- Arab women in Israel. Two studies were conducted. Study 1 examined the effect of exposure to cultural cues on body preferences through priming and its interaction with acculturation attitudes. Muslim-Arab female students (N = 113) were randomized to one of two cultural priming conditions (Western vs. Arab) and filled out an acculturation attitudes scale. As expected, women exposed to Western cultural cues preferred thinner figures compared to women exposed to Arab cultural cues. Under Western acculturation attitudes these effects were stronger. Study 2 focused on two culturally bound factors, maturity fear and selflessness, as predictors of body dissatisfaction in two groups. Cultural values were included to investigate the predicting ability of Western and non-Western values. 163 Muslim and 128 Jewish female university students filled out questionnaires. Body dissatisfaction measures were predicted by cultural group, cultural values, maturity fear and selflessness. Results show that body dissatisfaction was linked only to maturity fear among Muslim women, and to selflessness, self-transcendence and self-enhancement values among Jewish women. Taken together the findings point to some protection among Muslim women against Westernization effects on body dissatisfaction, including a null effect of selflessness, and reveal that maturity fear is a consistent predictor of body dissatisfaction among Muslim-Arab women in Israel. The results are discussed in light of the situation of this group in Israel.
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了解以色列巴勒斯坦-阿拉伯妇女对身体的不满和偏好:西方化和文化束缚因素
身体不满意是导致饮食失调的一个风险因素,在各种文化背景下的女性中都有这方面的记录。我们重点研究了以色列穆斯林-阿拉伯妇女对身体不满意的预测。我们进行了两项研究。研究 1 通过引物及其与文化适应态度的交互作用,考察了接触文化线索对身体偏好的影响。穆斯林-阿拉伯女学生(113 人)被随机分配到两种文化诱导条件(西方与阿拉伯)中的一种,并填写了文化适应态度量表。不出所料,与受到阿拉伯文化暗示的女性相比,受到西方文化暗示的女性更喜欢较瘦的人物。在西方文化适应态度下,这些影响更为强烈。研究 2 重点研究了成熟恐惧和无私这两个与文化相关的因素,它们是两个群体对身体不满意的预测因素。研究还纳入了文化价值观,以调查西方和非西方价值观的预测能力。163 名穆斯林女大学生和 128 名犹太女大学生填写了调查问卷。文化群体、文化价值观、成熟恐惧和无私精神对身体不满意度进行了预测。结果显示,身体不满意只与穆斯林女性的成熟恐惧有关,而与犹太女性的无私、自我超越和自我提升价值观有关。总之,研究结果表明,穆斯林妇女在身体不满意度方面受到了一些西化效应的保护,包括无私价值观的无效效应,并揭示了成熟恐惧是以色列穆斯林-阿拉伯妇女身体不满意度的一致预测因素。本研究根据以色列穆斯林-阿拉伯妇女群体的情况对研究结果进行了讨论。
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期刊介绍: IJIR is dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of theory, practice, and research in intergroup relations. The contents encompass theoretical developments, field-based evaluations of training techniques, empirical discussions of cultural similarities and differences, and critical descriptions of new training approaches. Papers selected for publication in IJIR are judged to increase our understanding of intergroup tensions and harmony. Issue-oriented and cross-discipline discussion is encouraged. The highest priority is given to manuscripts that join theory, practice, and field research design. By theory, we mean conceptual schemes focused on the nature of cultural differences and similarities.
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