澳大利亚白人大学生、澳大利亚亚裔大学生和泰国大学生的饮食失调态度及精神病理学研究

Eating disorder attitudes and psychopathology in Caucasian Australian, Asian Australian and Thai university students.

作者信息

Jennings Piangchai S, Forbes David, McDermott Brett, Hulse Gary, Juniper Sato

机构信息

School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

出版信息

Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2006 Feb;40(2):143-9. doi: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2006.01761.x.

DOI:10.1080/j.1440-1614.2006.01761.x

PMID:16476132

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To examine eating disorder attitudes and psychopathology among female university students in Australia and Thailand.

METHOD

Participants were 110 Caucasian Australians, 130 Asian Australians and 101 Thais in Thailand. The instruments included the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI).

RESULTS

Eating disorder attitudes and psychopathology scores in the Thai group were found to be highest. The Asian Australian group did not have significantly higher scores on the EAT-26 than the Caucasian Australian group, but had higher scores in some subscales of the EDI-2. That the Thai group had the highest scores in susceptibility to developing an eating disorder and eating disorder psychopathology may be partially explained in sociocultural terms, with pressure to be thin more extreme in Thailand than in Australia. The evidence suggested that unhealthy eating disorder psychopathology is not limited to Western societies but is already present in Thai and other Asian societies.

摘要

目的

研究澳大利亚和泰国女大学生的饮食失调态度及精神病理学情况。

方法

参与者包括110名澳大利亚白种人、130名澳大利亚亚裔和101名泰国人。所使用的工具包括饮食态度测试（EAT）和饮食失调量表（EDI）。

结果

泰国组的饮食失调态度和精神病理学得分最高。澳大利亚亚裔组在EAT - 26上的得分并不显著高于澳大利亚白种人组，但在EDI - 2的某些子量表上得分更高。泰国组在易患饮食失调症和饮食失调精神病理学方面得分最高，这在社会文化层面或许能得到部分解释，因为泰国比澳大利亚存在更极端的追求瘦的压力。有证据表明，不健康的饮食失调精神病理学并非仅限于西方社会，在泰国和其他亚洲社会也已存在。