Racial/ethnic differences in Body Mass Index: The roles of beliefs about thinness and dietary restriction
| Autor: | William P. Sacco, Jason W. Beckstead, Christine Anne Vaughan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Gerontology Adolescent Diet Reducing Personality Inventory Social Psychology Culture Ethnic group Black People Models Psychological Article White People Structural equation modeling Body Mass Index Race (biology) Thinness Body Image Humans Students Internal-External Control General Psychology Applied Psychology Courtship Gender Identity Physical health Weight control Socioeconomic Factors Female Racial/ethnic difference Personality Assessment Inventory Psychology Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | Body Image. 5:291-298 |
| ISSN: | 1740-1445 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bodyim.2008.02.004 |
| Popis: | The greater BMI of African American relative to Caucasian women is implicated in racial/ethnic disparities in health outcomes. The principal aim of the current study was to evaluate a theoretical account of racial/ethnic differences in BMI. Thin-ideal internalization, the perceived romantic appeal of thinness, dietary restriction, weight, and height were assessed via self-report measures on a sample of female undergraduates of African American ( n = 140) and Caucasian ( n = 676) race/ethnicity. Using structural equation modeling, support was obtained for the primary hypothesis that racial/ethnic differences in BMI are explained by Caucasian women's greater thin-ideal internalization and perceived romantic appeal of thinness, thereby resulting in greater levels of dietary restriction. Current findings illustrate the potential for racial/ethnic differences in sociocultural standards of appearance to influence racial/ethnic disparities in physical health, of which BMI is a marker, via effects on weight control behavior. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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