Psychological Risk Factors for the Development of Restrictive and Bulimic Eating Behaviors: A Polish and Vietnamese Comparison |
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| Authors: | Bernadetta Izydorczyk,Ha Truong Thi Khanh,Mał gorzata Lipowska,Katarzyna Sitnik-Warchulska,Sebastian Liziń czyk |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, 30-374 Krakow, Poland; (B.I.); (K.S.-W.); (S.L.);2.Faculty of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam;3.Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, 80-309 Gdansk, Poland |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this paper is to identify psychological factors which are culture specific or common predictors for restrictive and bulimic behaviors towards eating for young women raised in different cultures. The study included 661 young women from Poland (n = 233) and Vietnam (n = 428). Subjects filled-in the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI-3) and the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire-Appearance Scales (MBSRQ-AS), and body measurements were collected to calculate anthropometric indices. Women form Vietnam were less satisfied with their appearance than were their Polish peers, but Vietnamese showed a lower level of preoccupation with being overweight and fear of obesity. Intercultural differences indicate that Vietnamese women show greater intensities for psychological variables, connected with restrictive and bulimic eating behaviors, verified in the research model: low self-esteem, personal alienation, interpersonal insecurity, interpersonal alienation, emotional dysregulation, interoceptive deficits, perfectionism and asceticism, and anxiety. |
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| Keywords: | eating disorders body image psychological factors for eating disorders cross-cultural psychology Westernization |
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