Restraint,eating disorders and need to achieve in state and public school subjects |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada;2. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, PO BOX 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada;3. Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, 5909 Veterans Memorial Lane, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 2E2, Canada;4. Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1, Canada;1. School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom;2. Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University, PR China;1. CTS-549 Research Group, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain;2. Ceuta School of Nursing and Ceuta Military Hospital, Ceuta, Spain;3. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Spain;4. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit, Complejo Hospitalario de Jaén, Jaén, Spain;5. Department of Psychiatry, University of Granada, Granada, Spain;6. Psychiatry Service, San Cecilio University Hospital, Granada, Spain |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines the relationship of social class, need to achieve and restraint to attitudes toward food, eating and weight related behaviour. The Binge-eating questionnaire (BEQ), Restraint Scale (RS), Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI) and Achievement Need Questionnaire (ANQ) were administered to 96 state school girls and 88 public school girls. The factor structure of the BEQ, RS and EDI obtained in the present study were compared with subdivisions of the scales suggested by previous studies and revealed a close correspondence. Public school subjects, who were predominantly from social classes 1 and 2, obtained significantly higher scores on the Binge-eating subscale of the BEQ and the Concern with Dieting and Weight Fluctuation subscales of the RS. State school subjects, who were predominantly from social classes, 3, 4 and 5, obtained significantly higher scores on the vomiting subscale of the BEQ and the Maturity Fears and Bulimia subscales of the EDI. There were no significant main effects of achievement need with the exception of the Perfectionism subscale of the EDI and no significant interactions. Possible reasons for the apparent social class variations in eating problems are discussed. |
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