Acculturation and eating disorders in Asian and Caucasian Australian university students

P.S. Jennings, David Forbes, B. Mcdermott, Gary Hulse

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    This study aimed to compare the attitudes and psychopathology of eating disorders of Asian and Caucasian university students using a survey method. The study also investigated the relationship between acculturation, attitudes and psychopathology of eating disorders in sub-groups of Asian girls. There were 130 Asian and 110 Caucasian adolescent girls, aged 18–24 who were screened using the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI-2) and an Acculturation Index. The Asian group did not have higher mean EAT score than the Caucasian group, but had higher mean score in some sub-scales of the EDI-2. Eating disordered attitudes and psychopathology was not significantly different in the low compared to the high accultured Asian girls. This study suggests that Asian and Caucasian university students in Western Australia are equally susceptible to eating disorders, and that the level of acculturation does not modify the susceptibility of Asian students for eating disorders.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)214-219
    JournalEating Behaviors
    Volume7
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

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    Jennings, P.S. ; Forbes, David ; Mcdermott, B. ; Hulse, Gary. / Acculturation and eating disorders in Asian and Caucasian Australian university students. In: Eating Behaviors. 2006 ; Vol. 7, No. 3. pp. 214-219.
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    In: Eating Behaviors, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2006, p. 214-219.

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    Jennings PS, Forbes D, Mcdermott B, Hulse G. Acculturation and eating disorders in Asian and Caucasian Australian university students. Eating Behaviors. 2006;7(3):214-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2005.08.006

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