Button E, Reveley C, Palmer R
Leicestershire Mental Health Service NHS Trust, University of Leicester, United Kingdom.
Int J Eat Disord. 1998 Apr;23(3):317-23. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199804)23:3<317::aid-eat9>3.0.co;2-m.
The study aimed to investigate possible differences in eating attitudes/problems and associated psychological problems in young women of differing ethnic origin.
In a city with a relatively high Asian population (with a background in the Indian subcontinent), 235 young women aged 18-27 registered with a general practice responded to a postal questionnaire. The questionnaire examined eating and weight problems (including the 26-item Eating Attitudes Test), self-esteem (measured by the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale), and general psychological well-being (measured by The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale). We also included three short vignettes designed to assess illness perception and health seeking-behavior.
We found relatively little difference in eating attitudes and problems according to ethnicity, although self-induced vomiting for weight control was more common among Caucasian women. Neither was there any difference in self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and illness perception.
The results suggest that one cannot generalize about eating problems across the Asian population and a more sophisticated approach to the examination of sociocultural factors is recommended.
本研究旨在调查不同种族背景的年轻女性在饮食态度/问题及相关心理问题上可能存在的差异。
在一个亚洲人口相对较多（具有印度次大陆背景）的城市，235名年龄在18至27岁之间且在普通诊所登记的年轻女性回复了一份邮寄问卷。该问卷调查了饮食和体重问题（包括26项饮食态度测试）、自尊（通过罗森伯格自尊量表测量）以及总体心理健康状况（通过医院焦虑抑郁量表测量）。我们还纳入了三个简短的案例 vignettes，以评估疾病认知和寻求健康行为。
我们发现，根据种族划分，在饮食态度和问题方面差异相对较小，尽管为控制体重而自我催吐在白人女性中更为常见。在自尊、焦虑、抑郁和疾病认知方面也没有差异。
结果表明，不能对整个亚洲人群的饮食问题一概而论，建议采用更复杂的方法来研究社会文化因素。
