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.

CONCLUSION: The present findings point to the value of examining for the co-presence of both expectancies in predicting eating disturbances while also highlighting cultural variations in the study of eating pathology.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Descriptive cross-sectional study, level V.
PMID: 31377980 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - August 2, 2019 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Li M, Chang EC, Chang OD, Lucas AG, Yang H Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research