The purpose of this study was to examine relations between body image, eating disordered behaviors and ethnic identity. One-hundred eighteen college women, 48 Black participants and 70 White participants were sampled from two southeastern universities, one predominately Black and the other predominantly White. The college women were given measures of eating disordered behaviors and attitudes, ethnic identity and body image. Multivariate analyses revealed significant interactions between race, age, and socioeconomic status. No relations were found between ethnic identity and eating disordered behavior. Significant relationships were found between the body discrepancy scores and scores on two subscales of the eating disordered behavior measure. These results correspond to previous literature that suggests Black college women are at lesser risk for developing eating disorders than their White counterparts. / A Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Family and Child Sciences in Partial
Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Fall Semester, 2005. / May 12, 2005. / Ethnic Identity, Eating Disorders, College Women / Includes bibliographical references. / Ronald L. Mullis, Professor Directing Dissertation; Gary Peterson, Outside Committee Member; Doris A. Abood, Committee Member; Mary W. Hicks, Committee Member; Ann K. Mullis, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_175700 |
| Contributors | Baugh, Eboni J. (authoraut), Mullis, Ronald L. (professor directing dissertation), Peterson, Gary (outside committee member), Abood, Doris A. (committee member), Hicks, Mary W. (committee member), Mullis, Ann K. (committee member), Department of Family and Child Sciences (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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