Body Dissatisfaction, Ethnic Identity, and Disordered Eating among African American Women

Autor/inn/en	Rogers Wood, Nikel A.; Petrie, Trent A.
Titel	Body Dissatisfaction, Ethnic Identity, and Disordered Eating among African American Women
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 57 (2010) 2, S.141-153 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
DOI	10.1037/a0018922
Schlagwörter	Ethnicity; Females; Structural Equation Models; Self Concept; Eating Disorders; Body Composition; African Americans; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Undergraduate Students; Black Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Selbstkonzept; Appetite disorder; Essstörung; Afroamerikaner; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	Initial research suggested that only European American women developed eating disorders (Garner, 1993), yet recent studies have shown that African American women do experience them (e.g., Lester & Petrie, 1998b; Mulholland & Mintz, 2001) and also may be negatively affected by similar sociocultural variables. In this study, we examined a sociocultural model of eating disorders for African American women but included the influences of ethnic identity (e.g., Hall, 1995; Helms, 1990). Participants (N = 322) were drawn from 5 different universities. They completed measures representing ethnic identity, societal pressures regarding thinness, internalization of societal beauty ideals, body image concerns, and disordered eating. Structural equation modeling revealed that ethnic identity was inversely, and societal pressures regarding thinness directly, related to internalization of societal beauty ideals. Societal pressures regarding thinness was also related to greater body image concerns. Both internalization of societal beauty ideals and body image concerns were positively associated with disordered eating (R[superscript 2] = 0.79). Overall, the final model fit the data well, supporting its generalizability and the importance of ethnic identity in determining risk. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10