Jennings, Piangchai S., Forbes , David, McDermott, Brett, Hulse, Gary, and Juniper, Sato (2006) Eating disorder attitudes and psychopathology in Caucasian Australian, Asian Australian and Thai university students. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40 (2). pp. 143-149.

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Abstract

Objective: To examine eating disorder attitudes and psychopathology among female university students in Australia and Thailand.

Method: Participants were 110 Caucasian Australians, 130 Asian Australians and 101 Thais in Thailand. The instruments included the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI).

Results: Eating disorder attitudes and psychopathology scores in the Thai group were found to be highest. The Asian Australian group did not have significantly higher scores on the EAT-26 than the Caucasian Australian group, but had higher scores in some subscales of the EDI-2. That the Thai group had the highest scores in susceptibility to developing an eating disorder and eating disorder psychopathology may be partially explained in sociocultural terms, with pressure to be thin more extreme in Thailand than in Australia. The evidence suggested that unhealthy eating disorder psychopathology is not limited to Western societies but is already present in Thai and other Asian societies.

Item ID:	44594
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1440-1614
Keywords:	attitudes, EAT, eating disorders, EDI, ethnicity, psychopathology
Date Deposited:	20 Jul 2016 00:30
FoR Codes:	11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences > 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes:	92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920111 Nervous System and Disorders @ 100%
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