Louisiana State University, Department of Psychology, Baton Rouge, LA 70806, USA.
Eat Behav. 2013 Aug;14(3):314-9. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.05.010. Epub 2013 May 22.
This study evaluated the roles of exposure to Western culture and language choice and gender differences in disordered eating symptoms in Chinese and Caucasian students.
796 Caucasian and 194 Chinese students completed measures of eating disorder symptoms, body image, and body esteem. Participants chose their survey language (English or Chinese).
Caucasian women had higher levels of body dissatisfaction than Chinese women. Women of both ethnicities reported more disordered eating symptoms and body dissatisfaction than men; these differences were smaller for the Chinese group. Differences emerged on certain dimensions of body esteem between Chinese women who responded in Chinese and those who responded in English.
There were few differences between ethnicities, suggesting that mechanisms other than Western culture play a role. Cultural variables may account for the degree of intra-ethnic gender differences. Individuals who complete studies in their native language may differ from their English-responding counterparts in areas of body esteem.
本研究评估了中西方文化暴露、语言选择和性别差异在中国人和白种人学生饮食失调症状中的作用。
796 名白种人和 194 名中国人完成了饮食失调症状、身体意象和身体自尊的测量。参与者可以选择他们的调查语言（英语或中文）。
白种女性比中国女性有更高的身体不满。两种族裔的女性都比男性报告了更多的饮食失调症状和身体不满；对于中国群体来说，这些差异较小。在以中文和英文回答的中国女性之间，身体自尊的某些维度出现了差异。
不同种族之间的差异很小，这表明起作用的不仅仅是西方文化。文化变量可能解释了族内性别差异的程度。用母语完成研究的个体在身体自尊的某些方面可能与用英语回答的个体不同。
