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Comparing body image and risky eating behavior between Mexican and German women / Comparando imagen corporal y conducta alimentaria de riesgo entre mujeres mexicanas y alemanas
Abstract
. Body dissatisfaction is regarded as a powerful risk factor for dietary restraint and bulimic behavior among women. Objective. To compare Mexican and German women's body image and eating risk factors by developing structural models to find similarities or differences between the two samples. Participants. The non-random sample of N = 404 (Mexican: 175; German: 229) medical and nursing students (total Mage = 20.6, SD = 0.86) answered standardized scales (EAT and EDI) and a culture-free 10-silhouette scale on body dissatisfaction. Hypothesis. The main hypothesis proposed that Mexican women will show a stronger relationship between body dissatisfaction and restrained diet than the German women will. Results. The findings confirmed this hypothesis by showing that in the relationship dissatisfaction-dieting, the Mexican group obtained the highest values of the correlation and determination coefficients, compared to the German group. Discussion. Mexican women underestimated their body size, and it could be that body size underestimation lessens social pressure. It is concluded that whether this may be seen as a contradictory result or as a cognitive-defensive strategy in order to minimize the pressure experienced must be decided with further investigation. 聽 Key words: Mexican and German women, body image, restrained eating, risk factors for eating disorders, structural models. Resumen. La insatisfacci贸n corporal es un poderoso factor de riesgo para dieta restringida y conducta bul铆mica en mujeres. Objetivo. Comparar imagen corporal y conducta alimentaria de riesgo en mujeres mexicanas y alemanas mediante el desarrollo de modelos estructurales detectando al mismo tiempo similitudes y diferencias. Participantes. La muestra no aleatoria de N = 404 estudiantes de medicina y enfermer铆a (175 mexicanas y 229 alemanas) con una Media total = 20.6 a帽os (DE = 0.86) respondi贸 a escalas estandarizadas (EAT y EDI) y a una escala de insatisfacci贸n corporal de 10 siluetas libre de influencia cultural. Hip贸tesis. Las mexicanas mostrar谩n una relaci贸n m谩s fuerte entre insatisfacci贸n corporal y dieta restringida que las alemanas. Resultados. Los hallazgos confirman la hip贸tesis, mostrando que el grupo mexicano obtuvo los coeficientes (de correlaci贸n y de determinaci贸n) m谩s altos en la relaci贸n insatisfacci贸n-dieta. Discusi贸n. Las mexicanas subestiman el tama帽o de su cuerpo y se asume que dicha subestimaci贸n podr铆a tener como prop贸sito disminuir la presi贸n social. Se concluye que si esto puede interpretarse como un resultado contradictorio o como una estrategia cognitivo defensiva para minimizar la presi贸n experimentada debe decidirse con nuevas investigaciones. 聽 Palabras clave: Mujeres mexicanas y alemanas, imagen corporal, dieta restringida, factores de riesgo en trastornos alimentarios, modelos estructurale
Comparando Imagen Corporal y Conducta Alimentaria de Riesgo entre Mujeres Mexicanas y Alemanas
Background. Body dissatisfaction is regarded as a powerful risk factor for dietary restraint and bulimic behavior among women. Objective. To compare Mexican and German women锟絪 body image and eating risk factors by developing structural models to find similarities or differences between the two samples. Participants. The non-random sample of N = 404 (Mexican: 175; German: 229) medical and nursing students (total Mage = 20.6, SD = 0.86) answered standardized scales (EAT and EDI) and a culture-free 10-silhouette scale on body dissatisfaction. Hypothesis. The main hypothesis proposed that Mexican women will show a stronger relationship between body dissatisfaction and restrained diet than the German women will. Results.The findings confirmed this hypothesis by showing that in the relationship dissatisfaction-dieting, the Mexican group obtained the highest values of the correlation and determination coefficients, compared to the German group. Discussion.Mexican women underestimated their body size, and it could be that body size underestimation lessens social pressure. It is concluded that whether this may be seen as a contradictory result or as a cognitive-defensive strategy in order to minimize the pressure experienced must be decided with further investigation.Antecedentes. La insatisfacci贸n corporal es un poderoso factor de riesgo para dieta restringida y conducta bul铆mica en mujeres. Objetivo. Comparar imagen corporal
y conducta alimentaria de riesgo en mujeres mexicanas y alemanas mediante el desarrollo de modelos estructurales detectando al mismo tiempo similitudes y diferencias. Participantes. La muestra no aleatoria de N = 404 estudiantes de medicina y enfermer铆a (175 mexicanas y 229 alemanas) con una Media total = 20.6 a帽os (DE = 0.86) respondi贸 a escalas estandarizadas (EAT y EDI) y a una escala de insatisfacci贸n corporal de 10- siluetas libre de influencia cultural. Hip贸tesis.
Las mexicanas mostrar谩n una relaci贸n m谩s fuerte entre insatisfacci贸n corporal y dieta restringida que las alemanas. Resultados. Los hallazgos confirman la hip贸tesis, mostrando que el grupo mexicano obtuvo los coeficientes (de correlaci贸n y de determinaci贸n) m谩s altos en la relaci贸n insatisfacci贸n-dieta. Discusi贸n. Las mexicanas subestiman el tama帽o de su cuerpo y se asume que dicha subestimaci贸n podr铆a tener como prop贸sito disminuir la presi贸n social. Se concluye que si esto puede interpretars