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(Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (King's College London. Department of Psychological Medicine) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (King's College London) (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
| Date: | 2008 |
| Description: | 8 pàg. |
| Abstract: | We sought to determine whether differences would be found in eating symptomatology and personality attributes between Latin-American immigrants to Spain and Spanishborn Bulimia nervosa (BN) patients. Method: The participants included 20 first generation Latin-American immigrant and 20 native-born Spanish BN inpatients. Assessment: Measures included the EAT-40, EDI-2, TCIR, and motivational stage of change, as well as other clinical and psychopathological indices. Results: Clinical history was independent of the participants' origin, except for a higher incidence of family history of alcohol dependence among immigrants (p=0. 048). Immigrant patients felt less hindered by their disorder (p=0. 011) than the native cohort. Although most psychopathological measures showed no significant between-group differences, immigrants reported significantly lower means in the Ineffectiveness (p=0. 046) and Body Dissatisfaction (p=0. 028) subscales of the EDI-2. No substantial between-group differences were found for personality. Among the immigrants, 62% and 38% presented with pre-migration and post-migration onset of their ED, respectively. No significant differences in eating symptomatology were detected between pre and post migration onset subgroups. Conclusions: The higher scores on the EDI-2 Body Dissatisfaction and Ineffectiveness subscales in Spanishborn BN patients may reflect a greater influence of Western thin body image ideals in this group. The occurrence of post-migration BN in a significant minority of LatinAmerican immigrants to Spain emphasizes the role of acculturation problems in the predisposition to an ED. |
| Grants: | Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo CB06/03/0034 Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo 04/0619 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2005/SGR-00322 Generalitat de Catalunya 2005 FI 00425 |
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| Language: | Anglès |
| Document: | Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
| Subject: | Eating disorder ; Cross-cultural ; Ethnic minority ; Body image ; Bulimia nervosa |
| Published in: | International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health, Vol. 1 Núm. 4 (2008) , p. 365- 372, ISSN 1939-5930 |
