Abnormal eating attitudes and behaviours in two ethnic groups from a female British urban population
Psychol Med
; 26(2): 289-9, Mar. 1996.
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ABSTRACT
African-Caribbean (N=136) and White British (N=192) female family planning clinic attenders were administered the Bulimic Investigatory Test, Edinburgh (BITE) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). A proportion of the participants were subsequently interviewed. The African-Caribbeans were found to have both significantly more disordered eating attitudes and a significantly higher level of abnormal eating behaviour than the White British. Although the African-Caribbean group had a significantly higher mean Body Mass Index this did not mediate the difference in levels of eating attitudes. When compared with the White British group more African-Caribbean women reported feelings of failure, guilt, abnormality and self consciousness concerning their eating habits. The results indicate that eating problems may be highly prevalent in this ethnic minority population and suggest that there may be differences in the nature of eating disorder psychopathology between ethnic groups. (AU)
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
População Urbana
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Negro ou Afro-Americano
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Atitude
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Anorexia Nervosa
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Transtornos da Alimentação e da Ingestão de Alimentos
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Comparação Transcultural
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Preferências Alimentares
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychol Med
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article