The present study tested for the existence of a phenotypic actual–ideal discrepancy in East Asians’ appraisals of their own faces, in the direction of idealizing a phenotypically “Whiter” face than they perceived themselves to have. The study was conducted in 2 phases. In the first phase, East Asian participants residing in the United States (N = 104; Mage = 18.73) came into the lab to have their photograph taken. They were sent a link to complete the second phase online. Participants were required to recall either their previous day, an experience of racial discrimination, or an experience of racial acceptance. They then selected their actual and ideal face from an array of faces comprising their actual face and 8 variants of their face that had been transformed to look phenotypically more “White” or more “East Asian.” A robust actual–ideal discrepancy emerged: Participants both idealized a phenotypically “Whiter” face and perceived themselves as having a more phenotypically “East Asian” face than they objectively did. This discrepancy arose irrespective of whether participants were reminded of an incident of racial discrimination or acceptance.

中文翻译：

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东亚人感知的实际和理想表型面部特征的差异。

本研究测试了东亚人对自己面孔的评价中是否存在表型实际-理想差异，朝着理想化表型“比他们认为自己拥有的更白”的面孔的方向发展。该研究分两个阶段进行。在第一阶段，居住在美国的东亚参与者（N = 104；Mage = 18.73）进入实验室拍照。他们收到了一个链接以在线完成第二阶段。参与者被要求回忆他们的前一天，种族歧视的经历，或种族接受的经历。然后，他们从一系列面孔中选择了他们的实际和理想面孔，这些面孔包括他们的实际面孔和他们的面孔的 8 种变体，这些变体已经转变为更“白”或更“东亚”的表型。出现了一个明显的实际-理想差异：参与者都理想化了一张表型“更白”的脸，并认为自己的脸比客观上更具有“东亚”表型。无论参与者是否被提醒种族歧视或接受事件，都会出现这种差异。