Correlates of eating disorder pathology in Saudi Arabia: BMI and body dissatisfaction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Saudi Arabia is undergoing rapid sociocultural changes, which may have led to an increase of body mass index and eating disorder pathology. The aim of this study is to investigate whether body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, having lived abroad, cultural orientation, perceived stress, media use, and socioeconomic status are correlates of eating disorder pathology with body mass index as a covariate. Additional aims are to investigate if cultural orientation is associated with symptomatology and if stress is a covariate in the association between eating disorder pathology and Western orientation.

Method

Self-report measures were administered in a convenience Saudi community sample (N = 1225) between April 2017 and May 2018. Hierarchical multiple linear regression ana

SUBMITTER: Melisse B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9404570 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature