Cultural body shape ideals and eating disorder symptoms among White, Latina, and Black college women.

نویسندگان

  • Kathryn H Gordon
  • Yessenia Castro
  • Lilya Sitnikov
  • Jill M Holm-Denoma
چکیده

Previous studies have reported inconsistent relationships between body image, eating disorder symptoms, and acculturation-relevant variables. The current study examined these variables in a sample of White, Latina, and Black college women (N = 276). White and Latina participants selected slimmer personal body shape ideals than Black women. Among Black women, the discrepancy between perceived body shape and perceived ideal body shape for the United States was predictive of Eating Disorder Inventory Body Dissatisfaction (EDI-BD) and Drive for Thinness (EDI-DFT) scores. The discrepancy between perceived body shape and perceived ideal for their ethnic group also predicted EDI-BD scores. Among Latinas, the discrepancy between perceived body shape and perceived body shape ideal for their ethnic group was predictive of EDI-BD and EDI-DFT scores, whereas a discrepancy between perceived body shape and perceived ideal for the United States was not predictive of eating disorder symptoms. Finally, higher levels of acculturative stress, but not acculturation, were associated with EDI-BD scores among Black women and EDI-DFT scores among Latinas. Findings underscore the importance of considering cultural variables such as acculturative stress when conducting clinical work with ethnic minority women.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology

دوره 16 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010