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Field‐dependence factors in american indian and caucasian obesity
Author(s) -
Pine Charles J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198401)40:1<205::aid-jclp2270400140>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - conformity , ethnic group , obesity , psychology , demography , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , anthropology , sociology
Compared urban obese and non‐obese American Indians and Caucasians on the Group Embedded Figures Test ( N = 160). Results indicated an apparent relationship between obesity and field‐dependence for Caucasians, but not for American Indians. American Indians were more field‐dependent than Caucasians overall, which implies a social conformity factor. These results suggest that psychological factors related to obesity vary across ethnic groups because of apparent cultural differences.