On cultural similarities in attitudes toward eating of women students in Pennsylvania and South Korea

Psychol Rep. 1999 Oct;85(2):701-2. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1999.85.2.701.

Abstract

This study compared attitudes toward eating among 226 women undergraduates at universities in Pennsylvania and South Korea. Analysis indicated that both groups (ns = 111 and 115, respectively) had similar percentages (21% and 18%, respectively) of respondents with scores suggesting symptomatology of eating disorders. Mean differences between groups on the Eating Attitudes Test-26 were not significant. Implications for research are discussed.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Attitude*
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison
  • Culture*
  • Feeding Behavior / psychology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Korea
  • Pennsylvania
  • Students / psychology*