Striegel-Moore R H, Schreiber G B, Pike K M, Wilfley D E, Rodin J
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459-0408, USA.
Int J Eat Disord. 1995 Jul;18(1):59-69. doi: 10.1002/1098-108x(199507)18:1<59::aid-eat2260180107>3.0.co;2-6.
This study examined racial differences in drive for thinness, a motivational variable implicated in the etiology of eating disorders. Subjects included 613 black and white preadolescent girls from one of three National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Growth and Health Study centers. Instruments included the Drive for Thinness Scale, a Criticism about Weight scale, the Self-Perception Profile for Children, a Sexual Maturation index, and 3-day food diaries. Black girls reported significantly greater drive for thinness than white girls. Drive for thinness was significantly associated with adiposity in both groups; additional predictors included criticism about weight for black girls and dissatisfaction with physical appearance for white girls. Correlations between drive for thinness and nutrient intakes were not significant. The finding of a greater drive for thinness among young black girls is provocative, given the higher prevalence of obesity and the lower prevalence of anorexia nervosa among black women. Longitudinal follow-up will examine the significance of drive for thinness in the development of weight and eating disorders in this cohort.
本研究考察了对瘦的追求方面的种族差异，这是一种与饮食失调病因相关的动机变量。研究对象包括来自美国国立心肺血液研究所（NHLBI）生长与健康研究中心三个中心之一的613名黑白混血青春期前女孩。研究工具包括对瘦的追求量表、体重批评量表、儿童自我认知量表、性成熟指数和3天饮食日记。黑人女孩报告的对瘦的追求明显高于白人女孩。在两组中，对瘦的追求都与肥胖显著相关；其他预测因素包括黑人女孩对体重的批评以及白人女孩对外表的不满。对瘦的追求与营养摄入之间的相关性不显著。鉴于黑人女性中肥胖患病率较高而神经性厌食症患病率较低，年轻黑人女孩中对瘦有更大追求这一发现颇具启发性。纵向随访将考察对瘦的追求在该队列体重和饮食失调发展过程中的意义。
