Disordered Eating in Asian American Women: Sociocultural and Culture-Specific Predictors

Asian American women demonstrate higher rates of disordered eating than other women of color and comparable rates to European American women. Research suggests that leading sociocultural predictors, namely, pressures for thinness and thin-ideal internalization, are predictive of disordered eating in...

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Main Authors: Liya M. Akoury, Cortney S. Warren, Kristen M. Culbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01950/full