Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, Vol 10(1), Mar 2023, 1-10; doi:10.1037/sgd0000488
This study examines the relationship between minority stressors such as internalized biphobia (modified short form of the Lesbian Internalized Homophobia Scale) and internalized racism (Appropriated Racial Oppression Scale), respectively, to body satisfaction (Body Areas Satisfaction Scale) when mediated by body surveillance (Body Surveillance subscale of the Objectified Body Consciousness Scale) of 292 plurisexual women of color (P-WOC). In addition, it explores any significant differences between internalized racism, internalized biphobia, body satisfaction, and body surveillance between racial/ethnic groups. Results indicated that internalized racism and internalized biphobia, respectively, were significant predictors of body dissatisfaction in the mediated model for P-WOC. Results also revealed that the mean score for internalized racism for the Black/African American participants was significantly different from the mean score of the Asian/Asian American participants. Findings of the study show that participants who experience high levels of internalized racism/biphobia are also more likely to be dissatisfied with their bodies. Results of this study expand on the limited current literature on P-WOC. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)