The volume of the Asian American Journal of Psychology that I selected was volume 5(4), and from December 2014. In the article, “Weight, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating: Asian American women’s perspectives” by Rebekah Smart and Yuying Tsong, they wanted to describe some experiences Asian American women had with eating and with body issues. To do this, they wanted to hear from the women themselves on how they depict symptoms, causes, and attitudes toward wellness. The significance of this topic is that there are many Asian American women who are suffering from eating disorders, but they are missed or overlooked because they do no show all they symptoms according to European American standards. Because of this, it is important to
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These questions pertained to if they had experience, in any way, with body dissatisfaction, weight issues, or disordered eating. The data in this study represents their narrative answers to those three open-ended questions that had been included in a larger scale data collection that was using survey questions to ask about familial relationships and eating behaviors. They used a modified version of Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR-M), which differs from the original in that it is specifically used for brief written narratives that come from larger samples instead of in-depth interviews that had eight to fifteen participants. The primary difference of the modified version from the original is that the collected data is placed directly into groups without assembling core ideas. What was kept from the original, though, is the use of extensive team agreement in …show more content…
Western ideas of beauty are being internalized by those of Asian cultures, but the criticism from family members and perfectionism are some things that should be looked at to see how different cultures respond to them. Because of the spread of Western culture, food, and beauty ideals, I had heard that eastern cultures were being influenced by it and were developing disorders, like eating disorders, that were not as prevalent, if they existed at all. However, this article shows that it happing both in eastern cultures, and in those that moved to the States. The difference of culture impacts is interested, and should be looked into further in order to help. That is what I believe, and why I agree with the authors’
These questions pertained to if they had experience, in any way, with body dissatisfaction, weight issues, or disordered eating. The data in this study represents their narrative answers to those three open-ended questions that had been included in a larger scale data collection that was using survey questions to ask about familial relationships and eating behaviors. They used a modified version of Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR-M), which differs from the original in that it is specifically used for brief written narratives that come from larger samples instead of in-depth interviews that had eight to fifteen participants. The primary difference of the modified version from the original is that the collected data is placed directly into groups without assembling core ideas. What was kept from the original, though, is the use of extensive team agreement in …show more content…
Western ideas of beauty are being internalized by those of Asian cultures, but the criticism from family members and perfectionism are some things that should be looked at to see how different cultures respond to them. Because of the spread of Western culture, food, and beauty ideals, I had heard that eastern cultures were being influenced by it and were developing disorders, like eating disorders, that were not as prevalent, if they existed at all. However, this article shows that it happing both in eastern cultures, and in those that moved to the States. The difference of culture impacts is interested, and should be looked into further in order to help. That is what I believe, and why I agree with the authors’