Eating behaviour:: Social influences in open community nuns

2025-03-04 Classification：Religion Click()
Author：Macías, JAG; Leal, FJV

Article Title：Eating behaviour:: Social influences in open community nuns

Abstract：
This article analysed the eating behaviour and the psychological discomfort in a sample of 44 religious women living in open communities. The Eating Attitudes Test-40 items, the Interview for the Diagnosis of Eating Disorders, the Bulimic Investigatory Test, and the revised Symptom Checklist-90 were used in order to assess the sample, and a factor analysis was performed. Three basic dimensions in the mental state were obtained: (1) Psychological discomfort, (2) Anorexic behaviour, and (3) Bulimic behaviour. Our results support the idea that people living in open communities share the social values regarding weight and body size, and show elevated levels of psychological discomfort strongly associated with symptoms of eating disturbances. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.

Keywords: eating behaviour; social behaviour; religion and psychology; mass media; eating disturbances

DOI: 10.1002/erv.491

Source：EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW

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