Eating and general psychopathology in a sample of Caucasian and ethnic minority subjects

Objective: Most research on eating disorders (ED) has been conducted on Caucasian women. Considerable uncertainty remains as to the presentation of ED in ethnic minorities. The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether or not Caucasian and minority eating disorder subjects differ on key E...

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Published in:The International journal of eating disorders 1997-04, Vol.21 (3), p.285-293
Main Authors: le Grange, D, Telch, C.F, Agras, W.S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
AMERICAN INDIANS
APPETITE DISORDERS
Biological and medical sciences
BLACKS
Bulimia
COMPARISONS
Eating behavior disorders
EATING DISORDERS
ENCUESTAS
ENQUETE
ETHNIC GROUPS
ETHNICITY
European Continental Ancestry Group
FACTEUR PSYCHOLOGIQUE
FACTORES PSICOLOGICOS
Feeding and Eating Disorders - ethnology
Female
GROUPE ETHNIQUE
GROUPE MINORITAIRE
GRUPOS ETNICOS
GRUPOS MINORITARIOS
HISPANICS
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - ethnology
Middle Aged
Minority & ethnic groups
MINORITY GROUPS
Minority Groups - psychology
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
SINTOMAS
Social research
SURVEYS
SYMPTOME
SYMPTOMS
TRASTORNOS ALIMENTICIOS
TROUBLE ALIMENTAIRE
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Summary:Objective: Most research on eating disorders (ED) has been conducted on Caucasian women. Considerable uncertainty remains as to the presentation of ED in ethnic minorities. The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether or not Caucasian and minority eating disorder subjects differ on key ED symptomatology and general psychopathology. Method: This descriptive investigation examined the separate and combined influences of ED diagnosis (bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, or overweight subjects with no eating disorder) and ethnicity (Caucasian vs. minority) on ED symptomatology and general psychopathology. Suitable subjects, 109 Caucasian and 40 minority women, attended a clinical interview and completed several ED and general psychopathology questionnaires. Results: Clear differences were shown in terms of ED and general psychopathology between the ED groups, with bulimia nervosa subjects scoring consistently higher than the other two diagnostic groups. However, Caucasian and minority subjects scored similarly on the eating disorder and general psychopathology measures. Discussion: Therefore, the findings suggest that current ED treatment protocols found to be effective with Caucasian subjects may not need to be modified before application to minority patients with ED
ISSN:0276-3478
1098-108X
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199704)21:3<285::AID-EAT9>3.0.CO;2-G