Eating Disorders in Austrian Men: An Intracultural and Crosscultural Comparison Study

Background: We compared 30 male university students with eating disorders and 30 male comparison subjects without eating disorders recruited by advertisement at Innsbruck University, Austria. Methods: Subjects were interviewed using instruments that we had previously used in a controlled study of co...

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Published in:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics 1997-01, Vol.66 (4), p.214-221
Main Authors: Mangweth, Barbara, Pope, Harrison G., Hudson, James I., Olivardia, Roberto, Kinzl, Johannes, Biebl, Wilfried
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anorexia nervosa
Austria - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology
Cultural Characteristics
Eating behavior disorders
Family Characteristics
Feeding and Eating Disorders - epidemiology
Feeding and Eating Disorders - etiology
Homosexuality, Male - psychology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Regular Article
Risk Factors
Self Concept
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Summary:Background: We compared 30 male university students with eating disorders and 30 male comparison subjects without eating disorders recruited by advertisement at Innsbruck University, Austria. Methods: Subjects were interviewed using instruments that we had previously used in a controlled study of college men with eating disorders in the United States. Results: The Austrian men with eating disorders differed sharply from Austrian comparison subjects, but closely resembled their American counterparts, on prevalence of personal and familial psychopathology, adverse family experiences, and scores on rating scales for eating disorder. Interstingly, dissatisfaction with body image was consistently greater among American subjects regardless of eating disorder status. Conclusions: Our data suggest a weak association between eating disorders and homosexual or bisexual orientation in men, and no consistent association between eating disorders and childhood sexual abuse.
ISSN:0033-3190
1423-0348
DOI:10.1159/000289137