Field-dependence factors in American Indian and Caucasian obesity.
Compared urban obese and non-obese American Indians and Caucasians on the Group Embedded Figures Test (N = 160). Results indicated an apparent relationship between obesity and field-dependence for Caucasians, but not for American Indians. American Indians were more field-dependent than Caucasians overall, which implies a social conformity factor. These results suggest that psychological factors related to obesity vary across ethnic groups because of apparent cultural differences.
D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D012925:Social Conformity