Field-Dependence Factors in American Indian and Caucasian Obesity.

Pine, Charles J.

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ERIC Number: EJ299328

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Field-Dependence Factors in American Indian and Caucasian Obesity.

Pine, Charles J.

Journal of Clinical Psychology, v40 n1 p205-09 Jan 1984

Compared urban obese and nonobese American Indians and Caucasians on the Group Embedded Figures Test (N=160). Results indicated an apparent relationship between obesity and field-independence for Caucasians, but not for American Indians. American Indians were more field-dependent, which implies a social conformity factor. (JAC)

Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Differences, Field Dependence Independence, Obesity, Whites

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Paper presented at the l982 meeting of the Western Psychological Association (Sacramento, CA).