Risk Factors for Eating Disorders Among Jewish and Arab Young Adults

Ora Peleg; Orna Tzischinsky

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Risk Factors for Eating Disorders Among Jewish and Arab Young Adults

Ora Peleg, Orna Tzischinsky

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The prevalence of eating disorders (EDs) has been steadily increasing in recent years during young adulthood. Therefore, there is great importance in examining the factors that increase the risk of developing EDs among young people. The innovation of the current study is an examination of a series of risk factors: differentiation of self which is a central family factor, culture, gender, BMI and other background factors. Of the 859 participants (670 females, mean age 26.8), 440 were Jewish and 419 were Arab. Participants completed the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), the Differentiation of Self-Revised (DSI-R) questionnaire (including four dimensions: emotional reactivity, I-position, emotional cutoff, fusion with others), BMI and background questionnaires. Results revealed that Jewish participants had significantly lower dieting, bulimia, and total EAT-26 scores than their Arab counterparts, while Jewish female participants had higher dieting and lower emotional cutoff scores than Jewish male participants. In addition, Jews who reported higher levels of risk of EDs had higher levels of BMI, emotional reactivity, emotional cutoff and fusion with others. Arabs who reported higher levels of risk of EDs, had higher levels of BMI and emotional cutoff, and lower levels of I-position. Additionally, among Jewish participants increased BMI enhanced the risk of both bulimia and oral control, while for Arab participants increased BMI reduced the risk of oral control. The results of the current research indicate specific family, BMI and background dimensions that increase the risk of EDs among young adults of two cultures and both genders.

Published in	International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences (Volume 11, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijnfs.20221105.16
Page(s)	149-158
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Eating Disorders, Risk Factors, Young Adults, Jews, Arabs

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School Counselling and Education Departments, Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Emek Yezreel, Israel
Orna Tzischinsky

School Counselling and Education Departments, Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Emek Yezreel, Israel

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