Which of the following research findings best supports the hypothesis that the higher

Question

incidence of eating disorders in European American than in African American
adolescent females reflects the fact that European American teenagers are more likely

than their African American peers to identify with the overly thin cultural ideals of
beauty conveyed in the majority American culture?
a. The average African American female body type is closer to the mainstream
cultural ideal than the average European American body type.
b. African American girls typically go through puberty later than their European
American counterparts.
c. African American teenagers who identify with mainstream ideals of beauty face
as great a risk of having eating disorders as their European American
counterparts.
d. Children of mixed African American and European descent have a lower
incidence of eating disorders than their European American peers.
e. On average, African American families communicate more openly than their
European American counterparts and, consequently, African American teenagers
are more willing to express negative feelings to their parents than their European
American peers.

Answer 1

C