SOCIOCULTURAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL INFLUENCES ON BODY DISSATISFACTION AND DISORDERED EATING ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUS OF ASIAN WOMEN

Background Being the target of peer victimization is frequent among children categorized as overweight and obese and is thought to play a central role in disordered eating behavior development. In accordance with a previous theoretical model, this cross-sectional study aimed to replicate among children the mediating role of weight-related victimization from peers and body dissatisfaction in the association between body mass index (BMI) and children’s disordered eating attitudes and behaviors (CDEAB), while also taking into account the contribution of parents’ disordered eating attitudes and behaviors (PDEAB). Methods Participants were 874 children aged between 8 and 12 years old who were recruited in elementary schools. Height and weight were measured and used to calculate BMI. Self-reported questionnaires were used to measure weight-related victimization, body dissatisfaction, CDEAB and PDEAB. Results For both girls and boys, a path analysis showed no direct effect of BMI on CDEAB, but a significant indirect effect was found, indicating that weight-related victimization and body dissatisfaction mediated this relationship. In addition, the indirect effect of weight-related victimization and body dissatisfaction remained significant even when controlling for PDEAB. Conclusion While weight itself appears to be insufficient to explain CDEAB, weight-related victimization may lead children to see their weight as problematic and develop disordered attitudes and behaviors toward eating. This suggests that weight-related victimization from peers and body dissatisfaction must be taken seriously and that preventive and intervention efforts must be pursued.

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Social Media, Thin-Ideal, Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16214177 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (21) ◽

pp. 4177 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Aparicio-Martinez ◽

Perea-Moreno ◽

Martinez-Jimenez ◽

Redel-Macías ◽

Pagliari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Body Image ◽

Body Dissatisfaction ◽

Disordered Eating ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Prenatal Testosterone ◽

Beauty Ideals ◽

Body Concerns ◽

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Disordered Eating Attitudes

Disordered eating attitudes are rapidly increasing, especially among young women in their twenties. These disordered behaviours result from the interaction of several factors, including beauty ideals. A significant factor is social media, by which the unrealistic beauty ideals are popularized and may lead to these behaviours. The objectives of this study were, first, to determine the relationship between disordered eating behaviours among female university students and sociocultural factors, such as the use of social network sites, beauty ideals, body satisfaction, body image and the body image desired to achieve and, second, to determine whether there is a sensitive relationship between disordered eating attitudes, addiction to social networks, and testosterone levels as a biological factor. The data (N = 168) was obtained using validated surveys (EAT-26, BSQ, CIPE-a, SNSA) and indirect measures of prenatal testosterone. The data was analysed using chi-square, Student’s t-test, correlation tests and logistic regression tests. The results showed that disordered eating attitudes were linked to self-esteem (p < 0.001), body image (p < 0.001), body desired to achieve (p < 0.001), the use of social media (p < 0.001) and prenatal testosterone (p < 0.01). The findings presented in this study suggest a relationship between body image, body concerns, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating attitudes among college women.

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A Pilot Study of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a Workshop Intervention for Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Attitudes

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice ◽

10.1016/j.cbpra.2011.03.001 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 181-197 ◽

Cited By ~ 49

Author(s):

Adria N. Pearson ◽

Victoria M. Follette ◽

Steven C. Hayes

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Body Dissatisfaction ◽

Disordered Eating ◽

Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Commitment Therapy ◽

Acceptance And Commitment ◽

Workshop Intervention ◽

Disordered Eating Attitudes

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Disordered eating attitudes correlate with body dissatisfaction among Kuwaiti male college students

Journal of Eating Disorders ◽

10.1186/s40337-019-0265-z ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mariam Ebrahim ◽

Dalal Alkazemi ◽

Tasleem A. Zafar ◽

Stan Kubow

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Body Dissatisfaction ◽

Disordered Eating ◽

Body Fat ◽

Body Image Dissatisfaction ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Male College ◽

Eat 26 ◽

Disordered Eating Attitudes ◽

Male College Students

Abstract Background The prevalence of disordered eating attitudes and body dissatisfaction based on muscularity and body fat was investigated among male college students in Kuwait with a range of body mass index values including underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese participants. Methods Data were collected, using the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) and the Bodybuilder Image Grid (BIG), from 400 male undergraduate students (84.8% Kuwaiti nationals) recruited from both public and private universities in Kuwait. An anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was used to determine the prevalence of symptomatology indicative of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa and to examine the associations between body dissatisfaction and muscularity and body fat. Results Most participants were dissatisfied with their current muscle mass and body fat (67.3 and 69%, respectively). Logistic regression analyses produced odds ratios (ORs) demonstrating that students dissatisfied with their muscularity and body fat and those who indicated a desire to decrease both muscularity and body fat had significantly higher odds of being at risk of disordered eating attitudes (OR = 2.241, 95% CI [1.17, 3.6], p = .032, and OR = 1.898, 95% CI [1.214, 2.967], p = .005, respectively). Obese participants also had higher odds of exhibiting disordered eating attitudes (OR = 2.06, 95% CI [1.17, 3.60], p = .011). Conclusion The high proportion of disordered eating attitudes among Kuwaiti college men was associated with high levels of body image dissatisfaction in relation to both body fat and muscularity. High levels of eating disorder symptoms were also linked to obesity.

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Eating Behaviour and Attitudes to Weight and Shape in British Women from Three Ethnic Groups

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.157.4.523 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 157 (4) ◽

pp. 523-528 ◽

Cited By ~ 79

Author(s):

Bridget Dolan ◽

J. Hubert Lacey ◽

Chris Evans

Keyword(s):

Disordered Eating ◽

Ethnic Differences ◽

Eating Behaviour ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

The Other ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

Asian Women ◽

Caucasian Women ◽

The Relationship ◽

Disordered Eating Attitudes

Attitudes towards eating, weight and shape were examined in 479 Caucasian, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British women. The Asian women were found to have significantly more disordered eating attitudes than the Caucasian women, but no difference was found between the three groups in their concern with their body weight and shape. However, while in the Caucasian group disordered eating attitudes were significantly positively correlated with feelings of anxiety and depression, this was not true in the other two groups. Although the concerns of British Afro-Caribbean and Asian women are similar to those of the Caucasian women, there may be ethnic differences in the relationship between feelings about eating, weight and shape and mood.

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