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image dissatisfaction in Caucasian women. Therefore, when investigators began
researching ethnic minority women this measure was also utilized; however
representative norms are still limited. One weakness of the body image dissatisfaction
subscale of the Eating Disorder Inventory is that it looks at satisfaction with the shape
and size of body parts separately. On the other hand, the Multidimensional Body-Self
Relations Questionnaire (Cash, 1994) assesses satisfaction with distinct body areas in
addition to cognitive and affective features associated with appearance (Kashubeck-
West, Mintz, & Saunders, 2001). In order to obtain a more global perspective of body
image dissatisfaction Cash's instrument was utilized in this study.
Body dissatisfaction will be investigated in this study because it has been found be
the strongest predictor of eating disorder problems regardless of an individual's race.
Likewise, as mentioned earlier, there are limitations associated with classifying non-
Anglo individuals with certain eating disorders. For example, the content of questions
associated with labeling anorexic and bulimic behaviors have been found to be
interpreted differently by various cultural groups. In summary, inaccurate conclusions
may have been made about the prevalence and characteristics of eating problems
within minority women due to inadequate norms, measurement error or presumptions
clinicians have about these groups.
Family Factors
Early research investigating the etiological foundations of body image problems
and eating disorders found that individuals who grew up in family environments
characterized by dysfunction were more likely to develop psychopathology. Such
families were typically identified as being low on cohesion, having difficulties with23
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Garcia-Rea, Elizabeth Ann. Acculturation and Sociocultural Influences as Predictors of Family Relationships and Body Image Dissatisfaction in African American, Hispanic American, and European American Women, dissertation, December 2006; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5463/m1/29/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .