Latinx women face a myriad of unique pressures to meet unrealistic standards of beauty that are not captured in the dominant, Eurocentric framework of beauty and body image in the U.S. The majority of the extant body image literature represents the experiences of White women and overlooks salient body areas that women of color may experience dissatisfaction with.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study examined the effect of two interventions (didactic and perspective-taking) on five dimensions of heterosexism (hostile, aversive, amnestic, paternalistic, and positive stereotypic). Participants were 117 undergraduate students, randomly assigned to one of three groups in this posttest-only control group experiment. After the intervention, the participants completed measures of sexual prejudice, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), gender role beliefs (GRB), and a demographic questionnaire.
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October 2020
This article explores the ethical and clinical issues that may arise when utilizing group psychotherapy to work with transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals. Considering the unique barriers to mental health services experienced by this community, the authors identify ethical standards that may be especially salient in this work, including: justice and respect for people's rights and dignity, competence, consent, and navigating multiple relationships. The article also explores the authors' TGD therapy group and how they have worked with and addressed such ethical considerations and concerns.
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