Eating attitudes and weight concern among Chinese middle-age women: A comparison between different age and BMI groups

Tao, Zhuoli; Zhong, Wen-Fang

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“…Furthermore, Jackson and Chen [ 105 ] make a convincing case for the influence of environmental factors such as perceived pressure from mass media, interpersonal relationships, and fear of negative appearance evaluation, in the etiology of BN in adolescents. Other researchers have likewise identified the media as a perceived source of pressure relating to physical appearance, even positing that it may predict body change behaviors in both males and females [ 106 , 107 ].…”

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“…Our understanding of EDs in China has been advanced considerably by the publication of several larger community-based studies in the early years of 2000, which explored factors known to play a role in ED onset such as body image and eating behaviors, in male and female adolescents [ 106 , 108 , 109 ]. As a whole, these studies suggested that the incidence rates for clinical EDs were relatively low, however, they also provided indication that cases of subclinical and/or partial EDs were not uncommon, and risk factors such as body dissatisfaction and maladaptive eating behaviors, were in fact widespread.…”

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The rise of eating disorders in Asia: a review

2015

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Once concentrated among adolescent Caucasian females in high-income Western countries, today, eating disorders (EDs) are truly global. Building upon previous work describing the rise of EDs among cultures in transition, we contextualize the emergence of EDs in Asia by locating this development within the broader discourse about the processes of change that have radically transformed Asian societies over the last three decades. By identifying where EDs are emerging in the region, and by examining their particular expression, our aim is to explicate a fuller story of the relationship between culture and eating disorders.Much of the discussion of EDs in non-Western societies is predicated upon the assumption that an increase in EDs is the by-product of “Westernization”, the term used to describe the process by which increased cultural contact with the West results in the transmission of so-called ‘Western’ ideas and cultural norms to a non-Western culture. While the Westernization literature represents a historical anchor in our understanding of EDs in Asia, we propose that this analysis is incomplete in that societal change in the form of industrialization and urbanization occurring independently from, or in tandem with, “Western” influence are critical factors contributing to the rise of EDs in Asia. Further, our review of eating disorders in Asia suggests that an understanding of the diversity and distinctiveness of the individual countries and cultures that comprise ‘Asia’ is crucial to understanding the emergence and rise of EDs across this vast region, suggesting that eating disorders are not culture-bound or culture-specific, but rather culture-reactive. Taking into account both the historical influence of Western culture and the more contemporary effects of Asian industrialization and urbanization, key distinctions among respective Asian cultures expands our understanding of the development and expression of EDs globally.

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The rise of eating disorders in Asia: a review

2015

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Prevalence and Incidence of Eating Disorders in Asian Societies

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2015

The Wiley Handbook of Eating Disorders

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Translation and validation of body image instruments: Challenges, good practice guidelines, and reporting recommendations for test adaptation

2019

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Body image research has grown rapidly to include new cultural and linguistic populations, but this gives rise to a need for measurement instruments that are sensitive to local contextual variations while remaining equivalent across groups. Test adaptation, or the translation and validation of a source instrument for use in a new cultural group, is an important part of this process. Here, we offer an operational framework for conducting effective test adaptation. We cover good-practice guidelines for instrument translation and suggest effective strategies for achieving semantic equivalence of translated instruments. We also focus on measurement invariance and provide good-practice and reporting guidelines for conducting exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Finally, we suggest good-practice guidelines for demonstrating that scores on translated measures have good reliability and validity. It is our hope that the availability of this article will assist body image scholars seeking to conduct robust test adaptations of existing measurement tools.

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Eating attitudes and weight concern among Chinese middle-age women: A comparison between different age and BMI groups

Cited by 4 publications

References 35 publications

The rise of eating disorders in Asia: a review

The rise of eating disorders in Asia: a review

Prevalence and Incidence of Eating Disorders in Asian Societies

Translation and validation of body image instruments: Challenges, good practice guidelines, and reporting recommendations for test adaptation

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