Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Int J Eat Disord. 2021 Feb;54(2):148-154. doi: 10.1002/eat.23425. Epub 2020 Dec 7.
To determine the prevalence and association between disordered eating attitudes and body shape concerns in a sample of North Indian Kathak dancers.
Participants were 206 Kathak female dancers and 235 healthy controls, ages 18-45 years. Participants completed questionnaires assessing demographics, disordered eating attitudes, and body dissatisfaction. Pearson correlations assessed the association between the disordered eating attitudes and body dissatisfaction, and binary logistic regression identified the risk of having a possible eating disorder.
Kathak dancers reported significantly greater disordered eating attitudes compared to controls (12.1% vs. 5.9%, p = .023). Dancers endorsed greater dieting behaviors (M = 5.6 vs. 4.5, p = .031), and binge eating episodes (p < .001) relative to their counterparts. Body dissatisfaction was significantly positively correlated with disordered eating attitudes among the dancers (p < .001). Dancers with elevated body shape concerns were five times more likely to report disordered eating attitudes, relative to their peers (p < .001).
Disordered eating attitudes and body shape concerns are prevalent among North Indian Kathak dancers. Future research should aim to develop targeted prevention and intervention programs that focus on reducing these behaviors and promoting a positive body image to mitigate the risk of disordered eating among this group.
在北印度卡塔克舞蹈演员样本中，确定饮食失调态度和身体形状担忧之间的流行率和关联。
参与者为 206 名卡塔克女性舞蹈演员和 235 名健康对照者，年龄在 18-45 岁之间。参与者完成了评估人口统计学、饮食失调态度和身体不满的问卷。Pearson 相关分析评估了饮食失调态度与身体不满之间的关联，二项逻辑回归确定了可能患有饮食失调症的风险。
与对照组相比，卡塔克舞蹈演员报告的饮食失调态度明显更高（12.1%比 5.9%，p =.023）。舞蹈演员表现出更大的节食行为（M = 5.6 比 4.5，p =.031）和暴食发作（p <.001）。舞蹈演员的身体不满与饮食失调态度显著正相关（p <.001）。与同龄人相比，身体形状担忧较高的舞蹈演员报告饮食失调态度的可能性高出五倍（p <.001）。
饮食失调态度和身体形状担忧在北印度卡塔克舞蹈演员中很普遍。未来的研究应该旨在制定有针对性的预防和干预计划，重点减少这些行为，并促进积极的身体形象，以减轻这群人出现饮食失调的风险。
