Abdollahi P, Mann T
Department of Psychology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095-1563, USA.
Int J Eat Disord. 2001 Nov;30(3):259-68. doi: 10.1002/eat.1083.
Rates of eating disorder symptoms were compared between Iranian women living in Iran and Iranian women living in America, in order to assess the impact of Western culture on eating disorders. Women in Iran are mandated by law to cover their bodies with a long veil or overcoat and they have little legal exposure to Western culture and media.
Fifty-nine female Iranian students living in Tehran and 45 female students of Iranian descent living in Los Angeles were surveyed with the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire and the Figure Rating Scale.
Few differences were found between participants in the two samples, despite ample power to detect them. Participants in Iran reported as much disordered eating as participants who had immigrated to America.
Neither exposure to Western media nor acculturation to Western norms appeared to be related to symptoms of disordered eating and body image concerns in this sample.
比较生活在伊朗的伊朗女性和生活在美国的伊朗女性的饮食失调症状发生率，以评估西方文化对饮食失调的影响。伊朗法律规定女性要用长面纱或大衣遮盖身体，她们很少接触西方文化和媒体。
采用饮食失调检查问卷和体型评定量表，对59名生活在德黑兰的伊朗女学生和45名生活在洛杉矶的伊朗裔女学生进行了调查。
尽管有足够的检验效能来发现差异，但在两个样本的参与者之间几乎没有发现差异。伊朗的参与者报告的饮食失调情况与移民到美国的参与者一样多。
在这个样本中，接触西方媒体和接受西方规范似乎都与饮食失调症状和身体形象问题无关。
