title: Ethnic and gender differences in eating attitudes among black and white college students.
abstract: This study examines ethnic and gender differences in eating attitudes and behaviors among college students. Participants were 225 Black and 199 White students sampled from a historically Black university. White participants were more dissatisfied with their bodies, engaged in more self-loathing, and dieted more than Blacks. Similarly, women were more dissatisfied with their bodies, engaged in more self-loathing, dieted more, and showed a greater drive for thinness than men. White women and Blacks of either gender exhibited similar predictors of drive for thinness with each group showing some combination of dieting and self-loathing. Intrapersonal anger predicted drive for thinness in White men, adding to a growing body of research suggesting a link between anger and eating disorders. Results support a substantial body of literature showing that Black and White college students differ on their views of body image and eating. Future research should explore the role of anger as a risk factor for eating disorders among White men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Stephens College, Columbia, MO 65215, USA. aruguete@stephens.edu
authors.forename: Mara S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Aruguete
authors.forename: Kurt A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: DeBord
authors.forename: Alayne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Edman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology; D004328:Drive; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013851:Thinness / Q000523:psychology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*