Longitudinal associations between adolescent skin color satisfaction and adult health outcomes in Black women.
Jordan E ParkerCraig K EndersStephanie L FitzpatrickMahasin S MujahidBarbara A LaraiaElissa S EpelA Janet TomiyamaPublished in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2023)
Although previous research suggests that in adolescence, Black girls' skin color satisfaction affects both body satisfaction and disordered eating behaviors, this association does not hold into midlife. Rather, post hoc analyses suggest that the lasting effects of adolescent skin color satisfaction are mediated by the longitudinal stability of body satisfaction, which in turn, is associated with adult health outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).