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A comparison of eating disorder scores among African-American and white college females

1991; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 29; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3758/bf03334772

2197-9979

Ellen F. Rosen, Derek L. Anthony, Karen M. Booker, Teri L. Brown, Eric Christian, Robert C. Crews, Vivian J. Hollins, Jane T. Privette, Rosemerry R. Reed, Linda C. Petty,

Workaholism, burnout, and well-being

African-American and white college females participated in a survey of factors underlying eating disorders. On the average, the white women were more dissatisfied with their body shapes but had fewer feelings of distrust for others and less anxiety about maturity. Proportionately, almost two times as many white females scored in the upper 14% on the bulimia scale. These high-scoring white women were more concerned with being thin and had greater dissatisfaction with their body shapes than did the high-scoring African-American women.