Examining Ethnicity-Related Risk Factors for Eating Disorder Symptoms in African American, Asian American, Latina, and Caucasian Women

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  • July 24, 2019
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  • Lin, Stacy L
    • College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
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  • While ethnicity-related factors salient to racial/ethnic minorities have been found to affect minority mental health, they are little studied in the eating disorders literature. The current study uses a sample of 106 African American, 95 Asian American, 106 Latina, and 192 non-Latina Caucasian young women to examine links between the ethnicity-related factors of acculturation, acculturative stress, discrimination stress, and ethnic identity and eating pathology, in addition to examining how a newer construct of satisfaction with racially salient appearance areas is linked to eating pathology. Interactive models of ethnicity-related factors and broadly applicable risk factors identifying concurrent disordered eating were also examined. Overall, acculturative stress, discrimination stress, and satisfaction with racially salient appearance areas were significantly associated with eating pathology, while acculturation and ethnic identity were not. Surprising positive associations between satisfaction with racially salient appearance areas and disordered eating in Latinas emerged. Ethnicity-related factors did not moderate relations between broadly applicable risk factors and eating pathology, with few exceptions. Associations between ethnicity-related factors and disordered eating highlight the importance of considering these factors in conceptualizations of eating disorder risk in racial/ethnic minorities. Keywords: disordered eating, eating disorders, binge eating, dietary restraint, race, ethnicity, body image, acculturation, acculturative stress, discrimination stress, ethnic identity, thin ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction, perfectionism, impulsivity
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  • Neblett, Enrique
  • Kurtz-Costes, Beth
  • Prinstein, Mitch
  • Bardone-Cone, Anna
  • Bauer, Dan
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  • Doctor of Philosophy
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School
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  • 2019

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