Eating attitudes in english secondary school students: Influences of ethnicity, gender, mood, and social class

Thomas, Catherine L.; James, Anthony; Bachmann, Max

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“…For example in Japan, the rate of anorexia nervosa has increased dramatically, and now appears to be at levels similar to those of women in the United States (Kumoki, Nomura, Ide, Suematsu, & Araki, 1996;Muaki, Kambara, & Sasaki, 1998). British Asian women and Indian women reported higher risks of eating disorders than White comparison groups (Mujtaba & Furnham, 2001;Thomas, James, & Bachmann, 2002). Davis and Katzman (1999) found that highly acculturated Chinese students attending university in the United States were at higher risk for eating disorders than less acculturated students, and exposure to Western culture was found to be an important predictor of dieting behaviours among Chinese females (Gunewardene, Huon, & Zheng, 2001).…”

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Eating attitudes among college students in Malaysia: an ethnic and gender comparison

Edman

Yates

2004

Euro Eating Disorders Rev

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The purpose of this study was to examine whether there are gender and ethnic differences in eating attitudes among ethnic Malay and ethnic Chinese college students in Malaysia, and whether eating attitudes are related to BMI and measures of self-dissatisfaction and separation anxiety. The Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26), the Separation Anxiety Symptom Inventory, and a self-dissatisfaction scale were administered to 187 Malay and 80 Chinese students. There were no sex differences in disordered eating attitudes for either ethnic group, however, Malay students scored higher on the EAT-26 than the Chinese students. Separation anxiety was related to EAT-26 scores among female participants but not among males. Levels of self-dissatisfaction were associated with EAT-26 scores among Malay males and Chinese females. Contrary to findings commonly found among Westerners, there were no gender differences in disordered eating attitudes among college students in Malaysia. However, there were gender differences in what factors were associated with disordered eating attitudes.

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Eating attitudes among college students in Malaysia: an ethnic and gender comparison

Edman

Yates

2004

Euro Eating Disorders Rev

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“…9 Similarly in Britain, Eating Attitude Test scores were found to be significantly higher for Asians than for white participants. 10 Postulated theories on this increased risk faced by Asians in Western countries include acculturation and culture clash. Adopting Western society's unrealistic and extreme slim body ideals as part of an acculturating process may have contributed to higher levels of eating disorders among Asians.…”

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Anorexia nervosa in Asian‐American adolescents: Do they differ from their non‐Asian peers

Lee

Lock

2007

Intl J Eating Disorders

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“…Since the association between BMI and EAT in adolescents has been reliably documented (e.g. Thomas, James, & Bachman, 2002), these results suggest that, in boys at least, the relation between social influences and eating attitudes is not mediated significantly by body size.…”

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Assessment of sociocultural influences on the body shape model in adolescent males with anorexia nervosa

Toro

Castro

Gila

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Eur. Eat. Disorders Rev.

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Objective: To produce a questionnaire for the assessment of sociocultural influences on the male body shape model; to study the role of sociocultural influences in the development of anorexia nervosa in adolescent males; to compare the results obtained with those from a similar study conducted in adolescent females. Method: The CIMEC (Questionnaire on Influences on Body Shape Model), validated in girls, was adapted to create the CIMEC-V, a version for the male population. The CIMEC-V was administered to 34 adolescent males with anorexia nervosa attending consecutively at an eating disorders unit and the EAT-26 to 26 of them. Both questionnaires were administered to 240 male subjects from the general population. Anthropometric measurements were also recorded for all subjects. Results: The CIMEC-V correlated significantly with the EAT-26 (p < 0.001), but not with BMI. The 17 items that yielded significant differences between patients and controls were used to produce the CIMEC-V-17. The factor analysis identified four factors; Influence of advertising and information accounted for most of the variance. The questionnaire's internal consistency was 0.80-0.88. There were major differences in the results obtained by these male populations and the corresponding female populations. Discussion: CIMEC-V and CIMEC-V-17 appear to be useful for the study of sociocultural influences on the body shape model in normal adolescent males and in those with eating disorders. In anorexic boys, the influence of conversations, magazine articles and advertisements may be greater than in anorexic girls. Anorexic boys present a contradiction: a desire for thinness on the one hand and for a muscular build on the other.

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Eating attitudes in english secondary school students: Influences of ethnicity, gender, mood, and social class

Abstract: Ethnicity, socioeconomic position, self-esteem, and depression, but not gender, were independently associated with eating attitudes. Effects of cultural and socioeconomic stresses on eating disorders may be mediated through depressed mood and low self-esteem.

Cited by 47 publications

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Eating attitudes among college students in Malaysia: an ethnic and gender comparison

Eating attitudes among college students in Malaysia: an ethnic and gender comparison

Anorexia nervosa in Asian‐American adolescents: Do they differ from their non‐Asian peers

Assessment of sociocultural influences on the body shape model in adolescent males with anorexia nervosa

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