School of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
Br J Health Psychol. 2013 May;18(2):383-94. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8287.2012.02090.x. Epub 2012 Sep 27.
This study investigated cultural values related to body image and eating practices in Western and non-Western societies.
In total, 628 Fijian, 463 Indo-Fijian, 598 Tongan, and 534 Australian adolescents completed measures of cultural values and religious influences in relation to the ideal body and eating practices.
Fijian and Tongan adolescents were more likely to value a large body. Religious influences were most strongly associated with eating practices for Fijians, Indo-Fijians, and Tongans.
The findings support the role of religion in transmitting cultural values regarding eating practices in Pacific Island communities.
What is already known on this subject? Previous research has demonstrated that sociocultural factors shape body image and eating behaviours. Most of this research has been conducted in Western countries. What does this study add? The current study identifies the role of cultural values and religious influences on body image and eating behaviours in a number of different cultural groups. This is the first study to use the same methodology to explore these relationships across Western and Pacific Island communities.
本研究调查了西方社会和非西方社会与体像和饮食行为相关的文化价值观。
共有 628 名斐济人、463 名印度-斐济人、598 名汤加人和 534 名澳大利亚青少年完成了与理想体像和饮食行为相关的文化价值观和宗教影响的测量。
斐济人和汤加人更倾向于重视大身材。宗教影响与斐济人、印度-斐济人和汤加人的饮食行为最密切相关。
研究结果支持宗教在太平洋岛屿社区中传递有关饮食行为的文化价值观的作用。
关于这个主题，目前已经知道了什么？先前的研究表明，社会文化因素影响体像和饮食行为。这项研究大多在西方国家进行。本研究有何补充？本研究确定了文化价值观和宗教影响对多个不同文化群体体像和饮食行为的作用。这是首次使用相同的方法在西方和太平洋岛屿社区中探索这些关系的研究。
