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Body image disturbance in young North European and East Asian women with and without eating disorders in Australia and in Singapore
Author(s) -
Soh Nerissa LiWey,
Touyz Stephen,
Dobbins Timothy,
Surgenor Lois,
Clarke Simon,
Kohn Michael,
Lee Ee Lian,
Leow Vincent,
Rieger Elizabeth,
Ung Ken Eng Khean,
Walter Garry
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/erv.836
Subject(s) - eating disorders , disturbance (geology) , psychology , bulimia nervosa , medicine , psychiatry , biology , paleontology
Objective To investigate body image disturbance in young women with and without an eating disorder (ED) across two different ethnic groups in Australia and Singapore. Method The relationship of body image disturbance to cultural orientation and socio‐cultural factors was analysed in 154 women with and without an ED. Participants were from the following backgrounds: North European Australian, East Asian Australian, Singaporean Chinese (SC) and North European expatriates in Singapore. Results Irrespective of cultural group, women with an ED had similar body dissatisfaction. Among those without an ED, SC women reported greater body dissatisfaction than all other cultural groups. Finally, within each cultural group, ED participants reported significantly higher body dissatisfaction than their non‐ED counterparts with the exception of SC women where there was no difference. Discussion Socio‐cultural factors other than body image may play more important roles in SC women's ED psychopathology. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.