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Smith, Martin M.; Saklofske, Donald H.; Yan, Gonggu; Sherry, Simon B. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2016
This study supports the generalizability of perfectionistic strivings and concerns across Canadian and Chinese university students (N = 1,006) and demonstrates the importance of establishing measurement invariance prior to hypothesis testing with different groups. No latent mean difference in perfectionistic concerns was observed, but Canadian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Personality Traits, Hypothesis Testing
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Mukai, Takayo; Kambara, Akiko; Sasaki, Yuji – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1998
Compares body dissatisfaction, need for social approval, and eating disorders between Japanese and American college women. Japanese women express greater dissatisfaction with their body. Need for social approval predicted Japanese eating disorders, whereas body fatness was a significant predictor for American women. (MMU)
Descriptors: Body Image, College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Latzer, Yael; Tzischinsky, Orna; Geraisy, Nabil – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
Objective: The aims of the study were to examine weight concerns, dieting and eating behaviours in a group of Israeli-Arab schoolgirls as compared with Israeli-Jewish schoolgirls, as well as to investigate the reliability of the Arabic (Palestinian) version of the eating disorder inventory-2 (EDI-2). Method: The sample consisted of 2548 Israeli…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Semitic Languages, Jews