In the current study we sought to find support for a culturally modified application of objectification theory to Asian and Asian American women. The positive association between socialization experiences (i.e., racial teasing and appearance-focused social pressure) and the outcome variable (i.e., consideration of cosmetic surgery) was hypothesized to be mediated by self-objectification processes (i.e., internalization of beauty standards, body surveillance, and lower body esteem). Results using path analysis showed that culturally dominant (United States) and culturally specific (Asian) internalization of beauty standards, culturally dominant (United States) and culturally specific (Asian) body surveillance, and lower body esteem were significant mediators between socialization experiences and consideration of cosmetic surgery. A multiple-group analysis demonstrated equivalence of the model for Asian international and Asian American female students, showing that both dominant and culturally specific beauty standards may contribute to self-objectification processes for this population.

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客体化理论对亚裔和亚裔美国女性的文化修正应用

在目前的研究中，我们寻求支持客体化理论在文化上修改应用于亚裔和亚裔美国女性。社会化经历（即种族取笑和以外表为中心的社会压力）与结果变量（即考虑整容手术）之间的正相关被假设是由自我客观化过程（即美容标准的内化、身体监视）介导的，并降低身体自尊）。使用路径分析的结果表明，文化主导（美国）和文化特定（亚洲）美容标准的内化、文化主导（美国）和文化特定（亚洲）身体监视以及较低的身体自尊是社交体验和考虑之间的重要中介的整容手术。