TY - JOUR
T1 - Predicting disordered eating intentions among incoming college freshman
T2 - An analysis of social norms and body esteem
AU - Giles, Steven M.
AU - Helme, Donald
AU - Krcmar, Marina
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between parental influence, peer norms, body esteem, and disordered eating intentions in a sample of incoming college freshmen women. A total of 427 incoming female college freshmen from a private university in the southeastern United States were surveyed as part of a larger study. Results indicated that body esteem moderated the relationship between parent thinness norms, parent encouragement norms, parent communicative norms, peer acceptability norms, and peer prevalence norms on disordered eating intentions. There was no significant interaction between body esteem and peer thinness norms. These results suggest that efforts to prevent disordered eating among college students should include strategies for changing normative influence, both from parents and peers.
AB - The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between parental influence, peer norms, body esteem, and disordered eating intentions in a sample of incoming college freshmen women. A total of 427 incoming female college freshmen from a private university in the southeastern United States were surveyed as part of a larger study. Results indicated that body esteem moderated the relationship between parent thinness norms, parent encouragement norms, parent communicative norms, peer acceptability norms, and peer prevalence norms on disordered eating intentions. There was no significant interaction between body esteem and peer thinness norms. These results suggest that efforts to prevent disordered eating among college students should include strategies for changing normative influence, both from parents and peers.
KW - Body Esteem
KW - Disordered Eating
KW - Parent Norms
KW - Peer Norms
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U2 - 10.1080/10510970701648608
DO - 10.1080/10510970701648608
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84920561385
SN - 1051-0974
VL - 58
SP - 395
EP - 410
JO - Communication Studies
JF - Communication Studies
IS - 4
ER -