Beaulieu Danie A, Best Lisa A
Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, 100 Tucker Park Road, Saint John, NB, E2L 4L5, Canada.
J Eat Disord. 2022 Dec 20;10(1):198. doi: 10.1186/s40337-022-00721-8.
Despite the lack of research examining the relation between religiosity and disordered eating, at various points during the year, religious practices requiring changes in eating habits are typical. Few studies have identified how aspects of religiosity are associated with disordered eating attitudes and behaviours. Thus, we explored the interconnectedness of religiosity and gender on disordered eating attitudes and behaviours.
In total, 749 religious and non-religious participants completed online questionnaires assessing components of disordered eating and associated appearance-related pressures and internalizations (pressure from family, peers, and media, and internalization of the thin and muscular ideals).
Among the 317 participants who identified as religious, 12.30% reported that their religious practice required a change in their eating habits, and 10.68% reported that they changed their eating habits for both religious purposes and as a method of weight loss/control. Overall, religious participants who indicated changing their eating habits for religious purposes experienced greater disordered eating and appearance-related pressures than theists who reported no change in their diet and non-religious respondents. Further, there was a significant interaction between gender and religiosity across the disordered eating variables. Results indicated that, compared to males who were not religious, those who were religious had higher scores on scales measuring disordered eating. Religious and non-religious women scored similarly on scales measuring other aspects of disordered eating (including Purging, Restricting, and Binge Eating). Further, compared to non-religious men, religious men, reported greater pressure from their family and peers; there was no difference in women.
Future research should further explore gender differences across types and specific aspects of religiosity such as motivation to practice.
尽管缺乏关于宗教信仰与饮食失调之间关系的研究，但在一年中的不同时间，需要改变饮食习惯的宗教活动很常见。很少有研究确定宗教信仰的各个方面是如何与饮食失调态度和行为相关联的。因此，我们探讨了宗教信仰和性别在饮食失调态度和行为上的相互联系。
共有749名宗教和非宗教参与者完成了在线问卷，评估饮食失调的组成部分以及相关的外表压力和内化观念（来自家庭、同伴和媒体的压力，以及对瘦和肌肉理想形象的内化）。
在317名认定为宗教信徒的参与者中，12.30%报告称他们的宗教活动要求改变饮食习惯，10.68%报告称他们出于宗教目的以及作为减肥/控制体重的方法而改变饮食习惯。总体而言，那些表示出于宗教目的改变饮食习惯的宗教参与者比那些报告饮食无变化的有神论者和非宗教受访者经历了更大的饮食失调和外表相关压力。此外，在饮食失调变量方面，性别和宗教信仰之间存在显著的交互作用。结果表明，与非宗教男性相比，宗教男性在饮食失调测量量表上得分更高。宗教和非宗教女性在饮食失调其他方面（包括催吐、节食和暴饮暴食）的测量量表上得分相似。此外，与非宗教男性相比，宗教男性报告称来自家庭和同伴的压力更大；女性之间没有差异。
未来的研究应进一步探索宗教信仰类型和具体方面（如修行动机）的性别差异。
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