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Peer reviewedSjostedt, John P.; Schumaker, John F.; Nathawat, S. S. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1998
Investigates the influx of western-style eating disorders into India, Asia, and the southern Pacific region. Predicted Australian students would have more eating disorder symptoms, but instead, the Indian students showed more symptoms. Concludes substantial evidence of western-style eating disorders appear in the privileged socioeconomic class of…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
