Mason Tyler B, Lewis Robin J
Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, 120 South 8th St., Fargo, ND, 58103, USA.
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529, USA.
Eat Weight Disord. 2017 Dec;22(4):693-698. doi: 10.1007/s40519-016-0300-x. Epub 2016 Jun 29.
Binge eating is a significant concern among college age women-both Caucasian and African-American women. Research has shown that social support, coping, and optimism are associated with engaging in fewer negative health behaviors including binge eating among college students. However, the impact of sources of social support (i.e., support from family, friends, and a special person), rumination, and optimism on binge eating as a function of race/ethnicity has received less attention. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between social support, rumination, and optimism and binge eating among Caucasian and American-American women, separately.
Caucasian (n = 100) and African-American (n = 84) women from a university in the Mid-Atlantic US completed an online survey about eating behaviors and psychosocial health.
Social support from friends was associated with less likelihood of binge eating among Caucasian women. Social support from family was associated with less likelihood of binge eating among African-American women, but greater likelihood of binge eating among Caucasian women. Rumination was associated with greater likelihood of binge eating among Caucasian and African-American women. Optimism was associated with less likelihood of binge eating among African-American women.
These results demonstrate similarities and differences in correlates of binge eating as a function of race/ethnicity.
暴饮暴食是白人及非裔美国女大学生群体中一个重要的问题。研究表明，社会支持、应对方式和乐观心态与较少参与包括暴饮暴食在内的负面健康行为有关。然而，社会支持来源（即来自家人、朋友和特殊之人的支持）、沉思及乐观心态对暴饮暴食的影响因种族/民族而异，这方面受到的关注较少。本研究的目的是分别考察白人及非裔美国女性中社会支持、沉思和乐观心态与暴饮暴食之间的关联。
来自美国中大西洋地区一所大学的100名白人女性和84名非裔美国女性完成了一项关于饮食行为和心理社会健康的在线调查。
朋友的社会支持与白人女性暴饮暴食可能性较低有关。家人的社会支持与非裔美国女性暴饮暴食可能性较低有关，但与白人女性暴饮暴食可能性较高有关。沉思与白人和非裔美国女性暴饮暴食可能性较高有关。乐观与非裔美国女性暴饮暴食可能性较低有关。
这些结果表明，暴饮暴食的相关因素因种族/民族而异，既有相似之处，也有不同之处。
