Acculturation and disordered eating patterns among Mexican American women

Chamorro, Rebeca; Flores-Ortiz, Yvette

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“…On the other hand, the expectation to navigate between two sets of worldviews and cultural standards can leave them feeling distressed and alone. Research suggests that second-generation Mexican American women may be at greater risk for developing disordered eating (Alegria et al, 2007; Swanson et al, 2012), in part due to the interpersonal stress brought on by acculturation gaps and divergent intergenerational ideals on weight and body shape (Chamorro & Flores-Ortiz, 2000). Findings from our previous studies also suggest that a lack of understanding toward eating disorders among family members, coupled with traditional gender role demands, may contribute to ongoing family interferences and criticisms toward Mexican American women’s treatment decision and behavioral change, which render them vulnerable for treatment disengagement and dropout (Cachelin et al, 2014; Shea et al, 2012).…”

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Mexican American women’s perspectives on a culturally adapted cognitive-behavioral therapy guided self-help program for binge eating.

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Gutiérrez

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The prevalence of bulimia nervosa (BN) and binge eating disorder (BED) among Latinas is comparable to those of the general population; however, few interventions and treatment trial research have focused on this group. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is the treatment of choice for binge eating related disorders. CBT-based guided self-help (CBTgsh)—a low-cost minimal intervention—has also been shown effective in improving binge eating related symptom, but the effectiveness of the CBTgsh among ethnic minority women is not well understood. Cultural adaptation of evidence-based treatments can be an important step for promoting treatment accessibility and engagement among underserved groups. This qualitative study was part of a larger investigation that examined the feasibility and efficacy of a culturally adapted CBTgsh program among Mexican American women with binge eating disorders. Post-treatment focus groups were conducted with 12 Mexican American women with BN or BED who participated in the intervention. Data were analyzed with the grounded theory methodology (Corbin & Strauss, 2008). Three themes emerged from the data: 1) eating behavior and body ideals are socially and culturally constructed, 2) multifaceted support system is crucial to Mexican American women’s treatment engagement and success, and 3) the culturally adapted CBTgsh program is feasible and relevant to Mexican American women’s experience, but it can be strengthened with increased family and peer support. The findings provide suggestions for further adaptation and refinement of the CBTgsh, and implications for future research as well as early intervention for disordered eating in organized care settings.

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Mexican American women’s perspectives on a culturally adapted cognitive-behavioral therapy guided self-help program for binge eating.

Shea

Cachelin²,

Gutiérrez

et al. 2016

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“…Scholars who do address the phenomena of food and cooking from a gender perspective frequently focus on women's food pathologies, body image, and attitude, and often overlook the possibility of food preparation having an empowering, creative role in women's lives. The body of literature on food pathology also includes some studies that address Mexican women's relationship with food (e.g., Curiel 2008;Petti 2008;Cachelin, Monreal, and Juarez 2006;Chamorro and Flores-Ortiz 2000). However, for our purposes, we wish to examine more closely the scholars who do recognize the potential for female empowerment and agency associated with the concept of food preparation and kitchen spaces (Abarca 2006;Pérez and Abarca 2007;Christie 2008).…”

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Seasoning for the Soul: Empowerment Through Food Preparation Among Mexican Women in the TexasColonias

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This article examines the idea of empowerment through food preparation and applies it to a specific context-that of the life of immigrant Mexican women from two South Texas settlement areas, or colonias. Based on ethnographic data gathered through participant observation by bilingual research teams of promotoras and formally educated health professionals embedded with participant families, we analyze the living situations of low-income Mexican women in the South Texas colonias, particularly their food procurement, storage, and preparation practices for their families. We acknowledge the existence of hegemonic gendered, economic, and racialized structures of domination that surround the women's role in food preparation. However, we also recognize food preparation as the domain in which otherwise oppressed and marginalized women, living a life of isolation filled with severe problems and uncertainties, exercise some degree of power and control within their lives and the well-being of their family members. Included are implications for further research on communal empowerment." Though [Nacha] didn't know how to read or write, when it came to cooking she knew everything there was to know" (Esquivel).

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“…They assessed acculturation using two questions about length of time in the United States and language most often used, and found that the more acculturated Hispanic girls were more likely to be identified as having subclinical eating disorders (Gowen, Hayward, Killen, Robinson, & Taylor, 1999). In another study, Chamorro and Flores-Ortiz (2000) identified second-generation Mexican American women as a vulnerable group to developing eating problems with a tendency to experience high levels of disturbed eating and acculturation. We must consider that ethnicity itself is not protected in our society from social prejudices and pressures, and the impact of such standards on the ethnic individual's experience with their identity and their body.…”

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Crossing the Color Line

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2008

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

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Diversification continues to change the landscape of therapeutic practice for the treatment of eating disorders, and challenges myths that the illness primarily afflicts upper middle-class college-age White women driven toward American images of slenderness (Gordon, Perez, & Joiner, 2002). However, researchers have more recently begun to explore eating disorder etiology amongst ethnic groups, and are increasingly aware that women from non-western origins including Latin and African cultures suffer (Gordon, 2001), as well as from such places as

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Acculturation and disordered eating patterns among Mexican American women

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Mexican American women’s perspectives on a culturally adapted cognitive-behavioral therapy guided self-help program for binge eating.

Mexican American women’s perspectives on a culturally adapted cognitive-behavioral therapy guided self-help program for binge eating.

Seasoning for the Soul: Empowerment Through Food Preparation Among Mexican Women in the TexasColonias

Crossing the Color Line

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