title: White public regard: associations among eating disorder symptomatology, guilt, and White guilt in young adult women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  As a novel investigation of the role of White racial identity, the current study explored the link between White guilt and disordered eating.
  
  
  METHODS
  Young adult women (N=375), 200 of whom self-identified as White.
  
  
  METHODS
  Measures assessed disordered eating, trait guilt, White guilt, and affect.
  
  
  RESULTS
  White guilt is interrelated with disordered eating, particularly bulimic symptomatology. Distress tolerance and tendency to experience negative affect moderated the relation between White guilt and several disordered eating variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Exploration of White guilt in clinical and research settings can inform understanding and treatment of disordered eating.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 842018, Richmond, VA, United States. Electronic address: lydeckerja@vcu.edu.
authors.forename: Janet A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lydecker
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 842018, Richmond, VA, United States.
authors.forename: Rebecca R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Hubbard
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 842018, Richmond, VA, United States.
authors.forename: Carrie B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Tully
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 842018, Richmond, VA, United States; Department of African American Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 842018, Richmond, VA, United States.
authors.forename: Shawn O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Utsey
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 842018, Richmond, VA, United States; Department of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 842018, Richmond, VA, United States.
authors.forename: Suzanne E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Mazzeo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D012933:Social Identification; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Eating disorder; Ethnicity; Guilt; Public regard; Race; White guilt