title: Restraint and eating concern in North European and East Asian women with and without eating disorders in Australia and Singapore.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate eating disorder psychopathology, restraint and eating concern in young women with and without an eating disorder from two different ethnic groups in Australia and Singapore.
  
  
  METHODS
  The relationship of Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire Global, Restraint and Eating Concern scores to cultural orientation and sociocultural factors was analysed in 154 women with and without an eating disorder. Participants were from the following backgrounds: North European Australian, East Asian Australian, Singaporean Chinese and North European expatriates in Singapore.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women with eating disorders had similar psychopathology across the cultural groups. Among controls, Singaporean Chinese reported significantly greater overall eating disorder psychopathology than other cultural groups and greater restraint than North European Australians/expatriates. Eating concern was not associated with cultural group overall or acculturation to Western culture. Dissatisfaction with family functioning, socioeconomic status and education level were not significantly associated with any of the eating disorder measures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In eating disorder psychopathology, the specific symptom of eating concern may transcend cultural influences.
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Northern Sydney and Central Coast Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia. nsoh@nsccahs.health.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Nerissa Li-Wey
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Soh
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Touyz
authors.forename: Timothy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Dobbins
authors.forename: Lois J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Surgenor
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kohn
authors.forename: Ee Lian
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leow
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rieger
authors.forename: Ken Eng Khean
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Ung
authors.forename: Garry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires