Social Predictors of Dieting
- VernacularTitle:节食及相关态度的社会影响因素研究
- Author:
Guanglan XIAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
dieting peer competitiveness eating disorder med ia influence
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
1991;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the role of social factors on p re dicting dieting behavior Method: 261 girls from middle school o r high school in Beijing finished following tests: Dieting Status Measure, two s ub-scales of Eating Disorder Inventory (driving for thinness and body dissatisfa ction) and social factor inventory, including mother, peer and media influences on dieting Result: Compared with girls in middle school, more g irls in high school were on dieting and with higher level of negative attitude t o body Among social factors, peer competitiveness was found to be the stronges t predictor of dieting and negative attitude to self and body
