An examination of eating and thinness expectancies as predictors of eating disturbances in females: evidence for cultural differences between European American and Chinese college students

Li, Mingqi; Chang, Edward C.; Chang, Olivia D.; Lucas, Abigael G.; Yang, Haitao

doi:10.1007/s40519-019-00761-1

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“…Compared to young Chinese men, young Polish men showed lower levels of bulimia and uncontrolled eating, as well as lower self-control overeating requirements and perceived pressure to gain weight. A study by Li et al [ 50 ] on eating attitudes in Chinese and American female university students demonstrated that European and American women in individualistic societies actively pursue thinness, compared to Chinese female university students who do not perceive themselves as being larger and needing to lose weight and diet. Izydorczyk et al [ 28 ] showed that young Polish women were significantly higher than their Vietnamese peers in monitoring their weight and dieting overall, while they were significantly lower than their Vietnamese peers in binge-eating behavior.…”

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The Mediating Role of Eating Attitudes in Sociocultural Attitudes toward the Body in Predicting Obligatory Exercise among Young People: A Polish and Chinese Comparison

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The main aims of this study were to determine which sociocultural predictors of obligatory exercise are universal for young men or women and which are specific to particular cultural conditions (Polish or Chinese culture) and to examine the mediating role of eating attitudes. A cross-sectional study was conducted among Poles (n = 259) and Chinese (n = 208) aged 18 to 30. Descriptive and comparative statistics, Spearman’s rho, and multiple regression analysis were used. The main analyses showed that Internalization—Athlete was a common positive direct predictor of obligatory exercise among young Polish and Chinese women; Information and Internalization—Athlete were only specific direct positive predictors of obligatory exercise in young Chinese men; some variables in eating attitudes mediated the development of obligatory exercise in young Polish and Chinese men and women and indicated that there were cross-cultural differences. In understanding obligatory exercise among young people, attention should be paid to their sociocultural attitudes toward the body and eating, and cultural and gender differences need to be considered.

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