Ethnic variance between Asian and European American women in a six month prospective model of eating disorder and social anxiety symptom comorbidity.
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| Title: | Ethnic variance between Asian and European American women in a six month prospective model of eating disorder and social anxiety symptom comorbidity. |
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| Authors: | Brosof, Leigh C. (AUTHOR), Calebs, Benjamin J. (AUTHOR), Levinson, Cheri A. (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Eating Disorders. Mar/Apr2019, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p110-122. 13p. 1 Diagram, 1 Chart, 1 Graph. |
| Subjects: | Asians, Eating disorders, Ethnic groups, Longitudinal method, Perfectionism (Personality trait), White people, Comorbidity, Social anxiety, Cross-sectional method |
| Abstract (English): | Eating disorders and social anxiety are highly comorbid. Understanding this comorbidity may improve treatment outcomes, as social anxiety can impair the ability to benefit from eating disorder treatment. The primary model of social anxiety and eating disorder comorbidity includes social appearance anxiety, high standards, and maladaptive perfectionism. In the current study, we tested for ethnic invariance between Asians (n = 82) and European Americans (n = 182) in a cross-sectional and prospective comorbidity model of social anxiety and eating disorder symptoms. Differences were found across ethnicity in eating disorder and social anxiety symptom comorbidity. Maladaptive perfectionism predicted social anxiety and eating disorder symptoms in European Americans, whereas social appearance anxiety predicted social anxiety and eating disorder symptoms in Asians. Our findings suggest that interventions for social anxiety and eating disorders in Asian populations may be improved by assessing and targeting social appearance anxiety, while maladaptive perfectionism should be targeted among European Americans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Spanish): | Los trastornos alimentarios y la ansiedad social son altamente comórbidos. Comprender esta comorbilidad puede mejorar los resultados del tratamiento, ya que la ansiedad social puede afectar la capacidad de beneficiarse con el tratamiento del trastorno de la conducta alimentaria. El modelo principal de ansiedad social y comorbilidad con trastornos de la conducta alimentaria incluye ansiedad social por la apariencia, estándares altos y perfeccionismo desadaptativo. En el estudio actual, probamos la invariancia étnica entre los Asiáticos (n = 82) y los Americanos Europeos (n = 182) en un modelo transversal y prospectivo de comorbilidad de ansiedad social y síntomas de trastornos alimentarios. Se encontraron diferencias en la etnicidad en el trastorno de la conducta alimentaria y la comorbilidad de los síntomas de ansiedad social. El perfeccionismo desadaptativo predijo síntomas de trastorno de la conducta alimentaria y ansiedad social en los Americanos Europeos, mientras que la ansiedad social por la apariencia predijo síntomas de trastorno de la conducta alimentaria y ansiedad social en los Asiáticos. Nuestros hallazgos sugieren que las intervenciones para la ansiedad social y los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en las poblaciones Asiáticas pueden mejorarse mediante la evaluación y la orientación de la ansiedad social por la apariencia, mientras que el perfeccionismo desadaptativo debe ser objetivo entre los Americanos Europeos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | Eating disorders and social anxiety are highly comorbid. Understanding this comorbidity may improve treatment outcomes, as social anxiety can impair the ability to benefit from eating disorder treatment. The primary model of social anxiety and eating disorder comorbidity includes social appearance anxiety, high standards, and maladaptive perfectionism. In the current study, we tested for ethnic invariance between Asians (n = 82) and European Americans (n = 182) in a cross-sectional and prospective comorbidity model of social anxiety and eating disorder symptoms. Differences were found across ethnicity in eating disorder and social anxiety symptom comorbidity. Maladaptive perfectionism predicted social anxiety and eating disorder symptoms in European Americans, whereas social appearance anxiety predicted social anxiety and eating disorder symptoms in Asians. Our findings suggest that interventions for social anxiety and eating disorders in Asian populations may be improved by assessing and targeting social appearance anxiety, while maladaptive perfectionism should be targeted among European Americans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 10640266 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10640266.2019.1585678 |
