Autonomy and submissiveness as cognitive and cultural factors influencing eating disorders in Italy and Sweden: An exploratory study
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Sassaroli, Sandra
Veronese, Guido
Nevonen, Lauri
Fiore, Francesca
Centorame, Franceso
Favaretto, Ettore
Ruggiero, Giovanni Maria
Abstract / Description
The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate the correlation between cultural and psychological factors in relation to predicting eating disorders in two different non-clinical Italian (n = 61) and Swedish (n = 31) female populations, thought to have different cultures and lifestyles. The Swedish sample would reflect an emancipated model of women pursuing autonomy and freedom but also an ideal of thinness, while the Italian sample would reflect a difficult transition from traditional submissiveness to modern autonomy. Both groups completed self-report instruments assessing cultural values (e.g., collectivism and individualism) and features of eating disorders (e.g., drive for thinness, bulimia, body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, parental criticism and perfectionism). Swedish women were found to display higher levels of bulimia, perfectionism, and individualism than Italian women, while regression analysis showed that in the Italian sample high levels of collectivism were correlated with measures of EDs. The results support the hypothesis that EDs are linked with both modern values of autonomy, independence and emancipation, and situations of cultural transition in which women are simultaneously exposed to traditional models of submission and opportunities for emancipation and autonomy.
Keyword(s)
eating disorders culture collectivism individualismPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2015-05-29
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
11
Issue
2
Page numbers
233–243
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Citation
Sassaroli, S., Veronese, G., Nevonen, L., Fiore, F., Centorame, F., Favaretto, E., & Ruggiero, G. M. (2015). Autonomy and submissiveness as cognitive and cultural factors influencing eating disorders in Italy and Sweden: An exploratory study. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(2), 233–243. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i2.902
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Sassaroli, Sandra
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Veronese, Guido
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Nevonen, Lauri
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Fiore, Francesca
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Centorame, Franceso
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Favaretto, Ettore
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Ruggiero, Giovanni Maria
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Date of first publication2015-05-29
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Abstract / DescriptionThe aim of this exploratory study was to investigate the correlation between cultural and psychological factors in relation to predicting eating disorders in two different non-clinical Italian (n = 61) and Swedish (n = 31) female populations, thought to have different cultures and lifestyles. The Swedish sample would reflect an emancipated model of women pursuing autonomy and freedom but also an ideal of thinness, while the Italian sample would reflect a difficult transition from traditional submissiveness to modern autonomy. Both groups completed self-report instruments assessing cultural values (e.g., collectivism and individualism) and features of eating disorders (e.g., drive for thinness, bulimia, body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, parental criticism and perfectionism). Swedish women were found to display higher levels of bulimia, perfectionism, and individualism than Italian women, while regression analysis showed that in the Italian sample high levels of collectivism were correlated with measures of EDs. The results support the hypothesis that EDs are linked with both modern values of autonomy, independence and emancipation, and situations of cultural transition in which women are simultaneously exposed to traditional models of submission and opportunities for emancipation and autonomy.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationSassaroli, S., Veronese, G., Nevonen, L., Fiore, F., Centorame, F., Favaretto, E., & Ruggiero, G. M. (2015). Autonomy and submissiveness as cognitive and cultural factors influencing eating disorders in Italy and Sweden: An exploratory study. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(2), 233–243. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i2.902
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/949
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1141
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i2.902
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Keyword(s)eating disordersen_US
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Keyword(s)cultureen_US
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Keyword(s)collectivismen_US
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Keyword(s)individualismen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleAutonomy and submissiveness as cognitive and cultural factors influencing eating disorders in Italy and Sweden: An exploratory studyen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers233–243
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Volume11
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Visible tag(s)Version of Record