Moderation Effects of Ethnic-Racial Identity on Disordered Eating and Ethnicity Among Asian and Caucasian Americans.

ABSTRACT: Background: The current study was designed to examine whether ethnic-racial identity (ERI) moderated the relationship between disordered eating and primary ethnic identification. Methods: Three hundred and ninety-eight undergraduate women (M _age = 19.95, SD = 3.09) were recruited from a large university in Hawai'i. Participants completed the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q), the ERI measure, and reported their primary ethnicity as an index of ethnicity. Results: There was a significant correlation between eating concerns and centrality, r ₍₃₅₇₎ = 0.127, p < 0.05. Moderation analyses indicated that only ERI centrality moderated the predictive effect of ethnicity on the importance of eating concern

SUBMITTER: Obleada KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8085433 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature