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- Title
Multidimensional Assessment of Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating in Korean and US College Women: A Comparative Study.
- Authors
Jung, Jaehee; Forbes, Gordon
- Abstract
Body dissatisfaction was studied in 139 Korean and 102 US college women. Because tumultuous social change has produced marked conflicts between traditional Confucian values and a modern industrial society in which women hold increasing social, political, and economic power, it was hypothesized that Korean college women would have greater body dissatisfaction and more behaviors associated with disordered eating than US college women. As hypothesized, when body size (BMI) was controlled the Korean sample exhibited greater body dissatisfaction than the US sample as measured by the discrepancy between actual and ideal BMI, discrepancies between the participants’ bodies and three ideal bodies on the Figural Rating Scale (Stunkard, Sorenson, & Schulsinger, The genetics of neurological and psychiatric disorders, Raven Press, New York, pp. 115–120, ), all three measures from the Body Esteem Scale (Franzoi & Shields, Journal of Personality Assessment, 48:173–178, ), and all three measures from the Body-Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (Mendelson, Mendelson, & White, Concordia University Research Bulletin, 16:1–12, ). Although the Korean sample had more behaviors characteristic of disordered eating on the Eating Disorders Inventory (Garner, Olmstead, & Polivy, International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2:15–31, ) Bulimia Scale, no differences were found between samples on scores on the Drive for Thinness Scale.
- Subjects
KOREA; WOMEN college students' health; BODY image in women; AFRICAN American college students; KOREAN American women; STUDENTS; EATING disorders in women; BODY mass index; CROSS-cultural studies; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Sex Roles, 2006, Vol 55, Issue 1-2, p39
- ISSN
0360-0025
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11199-006-9058-3