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First published 2025

Unpacking beauty norms and body image: Development and validation of the perceptions of beauty standards scale

Shishir Paudel, Anisha Chalise, Shaina Tamrakar [...]

Sage Open Medicine

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Research article

First published 2026

Reasons Underlying a “Sun-Kissed” Tan: Portraying the Role of Beauty Standards in Shaping Sun Protection

Jonathan Lebeau, Sauliha Alli, Agustina Hasbani [...]

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

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Research article

First published 2025

Real versus ideal: How selfies drive young women’s endorsement of beauty ideals to enhance cosmetic surgery intentions

Fangcao Lu, Stella Chia

Communication and the Public

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Research article

First published 2023-3

“A Whiter Shade of Pale”: Whiteness,Female Beauty Standards,and Ethical Engagement Across Three Cultures

Sarah Mady, Dibyangana Biswas, Charlene A. Dadzie [...]

Journal of International Marketing

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Research article

First published 2001-5

Attractiveness of Facial Averageness and Symmetry in Non-Western Cultures: In Search of Biologically Based Standards of Beauty

Gillian Rhodes, Sakiko Yoshikawa, Alison Clark [...]

Perception

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Book review

First published 2003-3

Families and Peers in the Transmission of Cultural Standards of Beauty

Elaine L. Phillips

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Research article

First published 2020-10

A Culturally Modified Application of Objectification Theory to Asian and Asian-American Women

Stacy Y. Ko, Meifen Wei

The Counseling Psychologist

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Product review

First published 2024-9

Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards

Anson Au

Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews

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Research article

First published 2006-9

Buying a Beauty Standard or Dreaming of a New Life? Expectations Associated with Media Ideals

Renee Engeln-Maddox

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Book review

First published 2024-1

Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards

Jun Zhou

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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