The Effects of Personal, Psychological, and Sociocultural Influences on Binge Eating Among Lebanese High School Students

Article Sidebar

PDF
Published: Nov 15, 2016
Updated: 2016-11-15
Versions:
2016-11-15 (2)

Main Article Content

Mohammad Bassam Sukariyah
The Lebanese University, Department of Educational Psychology, Beirut, Lebanon

Abstract

The current research sought to examine how gender, self-esteem, body mass index, emotional eating, weight loss history, body esteem, thin-internalization, and perceived pressure to lose weight relate to binge eating in male and female Lebanese high school students. A sample of 212 girls and 214 boys completed self-report questionnaires measuring the mentioned concepts. Hierarchical linear regressions were performed to test the proposed models and Student's t-tests were used to examine gender differences in binge eating risks. Results indicated that being a female, dieting frequently, having lower body esteem and higher emotional eating and thin-internalization ratings, and perceiving greater pressures to lose weight were associated with students' binge eating behaviors even after controlling for body mass index and self-esteem. Implications for school-based intervention and prevention programs that incorporate sociocultural influences and are sensitive to gender differences were discussed.    

 

Keywords: Binge eating; sociocultural influences; body esteem; social pressure; thin ideal internalization

 

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Article Details

How to Cite
Sukariyah, M. B. (2016). The Effects of Personal, Psychological, and Sociocultural Influences on Binge Eating Among Lebanese High School Students. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(4). Retrieved from https://un-pub.eu/ojs/index.php/pntsbs/article/view/1152 (Original work published January 12, 2017)
Issue
Vol. 2 No. 4 (2016): Selected Papers of 4th International Conference on Education ICED-2015
Section
Articles
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

References

Abell S.C. & Richards M.H. (1996). The relationship between body shape satisfaction and self- esteem: an investigation of gender and class differences. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 25, 691–703.

Ackard, D. M., Neumark-Sztainer, D., Story, M. & Perry, C. (2003). Overeating among adolescents: Prevalence and associations with weight-related characteristics and psychological health. PEDIATRICS, 111(1), 67 – 74.

Afifi-Soweid, R.A., Najem-Kteily, M.B. & Shediac-Rizkallah, M.C. (2002). Preoccupation with weight and disordered eating behaviors of entering students at a university in Lebanon. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 32(1), 52 – 57.

American Psychiatric Association (APA). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed. (text revision). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 2000.

Ata, R. N., Ludden, A. B. & Lally, M. M. (2007). The effects of gender and family, friend, and media influences on eating behaviors and body image during adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36, 1024–1037.

Bardick, K. B., Bernes, K. B., McCulloch, A. R. M., Witko, K. D., Spriddle, J. W. & Roest, A. R. (2004). Eating disorder intervention, prevention, and treatment: Recommendations for school counselors. Professional School Counseling, 8(2), 168-175. [Electronic version]. Retrieved February 2, 2015, from http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=11&sid=4cbc3d81-1af7-45e9-8618-a7d2be07bc55%40sessionmgr198&hid=110&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=15536765

Bee, H. & Boyd, D. (2013). The developing child (13 ed.). New York: NY: Pearson.

Bulik, C.M. & Reichborn-Kjennerud, T. (2003). Medical morbidity in binge eating disorder. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 34, 39–46.

Choate, L. H. (2007). Counseling adolescent girls for body image resilience: Strategies for school counselors. Professional School Counseling, 3(10), 317-324. [Electronic version]. Retrieved February 2, 2015, from http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=14&sid=4cbc3d81-1af7-45e9-8618a7d2be07bc55%40sessionmgr198&hid=110&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=25435720

DuBois, D. L., Tevendale, H. D. Burk-Braxton, C. & Swenson, L. P. (2000). Self-system influences during early adolescence: Investigation of an integrative model. Journal of Early Adolescence, 20, 12-43.

Fleming, J.S. & Courtney, B.E (1984). The dimensionality of self-esteem: II. Hierarchical facet model for revised measurement scales. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 404–421.

Ford, A., Dolan, B. M. and Chris E. (1990). Cultural Factors in the Eating Disorders: A Study of Body Shape Preferences of Arab Students. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 34(5), pp 501-7.

French S. A., Jeffery R. W., Sherwood N. E. & Neumark-Sztainer D. (1999). Prevalence and correlates of binge eating in a nonclinical sample of women enrolled in a weight gain prevention program. International Journal of Obesity, 23, 576-585.

Grogan, S. (2010). Promoting positive body image in males and females: Contemporary issues and future directions. Sex Roles, 63, 757–765.

Halliwell, E. & Harvey, M. (2006). Examination of a sociocultural model of disordered eating among male and female adolescents. British Journal of Health Psychology, 11, 235-248.

Harrison K. & Hefner, V. (2006) Media exposure, current and future body ideals, and disordered eating among preadolescent girls: A longitudinal panel study. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35(2), 153–163.

Kater, K. J., Rohwer, J. & Londre, K. (2002). Evaluation of an upper elementary school program to prevent body image, eating, and weight concerns. Journal for School Health, 72(5), 199-204. [Electronic version]. Retrieved February 2, 2015, from http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=3ba80c07-0e5b-4396-8dbd-3e066e584534%40sessionmgr4003&vid=9&hid=4109

Khawaja, M. & Afifi-Sweid R., A. (2004). Images of body weight among young men and women: evidence from Beirut, Lebanon. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 58, 352–353.

Knauss, C., Paxton, S. J. & Alsaker, F. D. (2007). Relationships amongst body dissatisfaction, internalization of the media body ideal and perceived pressure from media in adolescent girls and boys. Body Image, 4, 353–360.

Lawler, M. & Nixon, E (2011). Body dissatisfaction among adolescent boys and girls: The effects of body mass, peer appearance culture and internalization of appearance ideals. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40, 59–71.

Leavy, P. (2004). The global marketing of body image disturbance: mass media as a mediating structure between global capital and women’s bodies, In XXIII CSSP: 1-25.

Levine, M.P. & Smolak L. (2002). Body image development in adolescence. In Cash, T.F., Pruzinsky, T. (Eds.). Body image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice. Guilford, New York, pp 74–82.

Madanat, M., Brown, R. & Hawks, S. (2007). The impact of body mass index and Western advertising and media on eating style, body image and nutrition transition among Jordanian women. Public Health Nutrition: 10(10), 1039–1046.

Makinen et al. (2012). Body dissatisfaction and body mass in girls and boys transitioning from early to mid-adolescence: additional role of self-esteem and eating habits. BMC Psychiatry, 12:35, 1-8.

Makino, M., Tsuboi, K. & Dennerstein, L. (2004). Prevalence of eating disorders: a comparison of Western and non-Western countries. Medscape General Medicine, 6, 49.

Massey- Stokes, M. S. (2000). Prevention of disordered eating among adolescents. The Clearing House, 73(6), 335-340. [Electronic version]. Retrieved February 2, 20015, from http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=15&sid=3ba80c07-0e5b-4396-8dbd-3e066e584534%40sessionmgr4003&hid=4109

Mendelson, B. K., Mendelson, M. J. & White, D. R. (2001). Body-esteem scale for adolescents and adults. Journal of Personality Assessment, 76, 90–106.

Napolitano, M. A. & Himes, S. (2011). Race, weight, and correlates of binge eating in female college students. Eating Behaviors, 12, 29–36.

Nasser, M. (1994). Screening for abnormal eating attitudes in a population of Egyptian secondary school girls. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 29, 25-30.

Pokrajac-Bulian, A., Ambrosi-Randić, N. & Kukić, M. (2008). Thin-ideal internalization and comparison process as mediators of social influence and psychological functioning in the development of disturbed eating habits in Croatian college females. Psychological Topics, 17, 221-245.

Polce-Lynch, M., Myers, B. J., Kliever, W. & Kilmartin, C. (2001). Adolescent self-esteem and gender: Exploring relations to sexual harassment, body image, media influence and emotional expression. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 30, 225–244.

Ricca, V., Castellini, G., Lo Sauro, C., Ravaldi, C., Lapi, F., Mannucci, E., et al. (2009). Correlations between binge eating and emotional eating in a sample of overweight subjects. Appetite, 53, 418–421.

Rodin, J. (1992). Body Traps: Breaking the binds that keep you from feeling good about your body. New York: William Morrow & Company.

Ross, H.E. & Ivis F. (1999). Binge eating and substance use among male and female adolescents. International Journal of Easing Disorders, 26, 245–260.

Schmitt, D.P. & Allik, J. (2005). Simultaneous administration of the Rosenberg Self- Esteem Scale in 53 nations: Exploring the universal and culture-specific features of global self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 623–642.

Shroff, H. & Thompson, J.K. (2006). The tripartite influence model of body image and eating disturbance: A replication with adolescent girls. Body Image, 3, 17–23.

Smolak, L., Levine, M. P. & Thompson, J. K. (2001). The use of the sociocultural attitudes towards appearance questionnaire with middle school boys and girls. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 29, 216–223.

Spitzer, R.L., Devlin, M., Walsh, B.T., Hasin, D, Wing, R., Marcus, M., Stunkard, A., Wadden, T., Yanovski, S., Agras, S., Mitchell, J. & Nonas, C. (1992). Binge Eating Disorder: A multisite field trial of the diagnostic criteria. International Journal of Easing Disorders, 11, 191-203.

Spitzer, R.L., Yanovski, S., Wadden, T., Wing, R., Stunkard, A., Devlin, M., Mitchell, J., Hasin, D. & Home, R.L. (1993). Binge eating disorder: Its further validation in a multisite study. International Journal of Easing Disorders, 13, 137 -153.

Stice, E. & Shaw, H. E. (2002). Role of body dissatisfaction in the onset and maintenance of eating pathology: A synthesis of research findings. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 53, 985–993.

Sukariyah, M. B. & Sidani, R. A. (2014). Prevalence of and Gender Differences in Weight, Body, and Eating Related Perceptions among Lebanese High School Students: Implications for School Counseling. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 159, pp. 184 – 191.

Tabachnick, B.G. & Fidell, L.S. (2007). Using Multivariate Statistics, 5th Ed. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

Thompson, J. K., Heinberg, L., Altabe, M. N. & Tantleff-Dunn, S. (1999). Exacting beauty: Theory, assessment, and treatment of body image disturbance. Washington: American Psychological Association.

Webb J. B. & Forman M. J. (2013). Evaluating the indirect effect of self-compassion on binge eating severity through cognitive– affective self-regulatory pathways. Eating Behaviors, 14(2), 224 – 228.

Wertheim, E.H., Paxton, S.J., Maude, D., et al. (1992). Psychosocial predictors of weight loss behaviors and binge eating in adolescent girls and boys. International Journal of Easing Disorders, 12, 151–160.

Wolfe B. E., Baker C. W., Smith A. T. & Kelly-Weeder, S. (2009). Validity and Utility of the Current Definition of Binge Eating. International Journal of Eating Disorders 42(8), 674–686 2009.