Ethnic identity,thin-ideal internalization,and eating pathology in ethnically diverse college women |
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| Institution: | 1. Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, United States;2. Oregon State University Cascades, Bend, OR, United States;1. Crean School of Health and Life Sciences, Chapman University, Orange, CA, United States;2. Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States;3. California State University, Fullerton, CA, United States;1. The Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States;2. The Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, United States;3. Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States;4. Department of Human Development & Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States;5. Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States;1. Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, United States;2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, United States;3. Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, United States |
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| Abstract: | Although much research suggests that ethnic identity is positively correlated with psychological health for ethnic minority women, research examining ethnic identity's relationships to thin-ideal internalization, weight concerns, and eating concerns is sparse. Consequently, this study examined these relationships in European American, African American, Latina, and Asian American college women (N = 816). As expected, univariate analyses of variance indicated that European American women scored lowest on ethnic identity and highest on eating and weight concerns, whereas African American women scored lowest on thin-ideal internalization. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that ethnic identity was negatively associated with eating and weight concerns, while body mass index and thin-ideal internalization were positively associated. Ethnic identity moderated the relationship between thin-ideal internalization and eating concerns such that the relationship was stronger for participants with lower ethnic identity. These results suggest ethnic identity may be a direct or interactive protective factor against eating concerns in ethnically diverse college women. |
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| Keywords: | Ethnic identity Ethnicity Thin-ideal internalization Eating concerns Weight concerns |
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