The role of ethnicity and parental bonding in the eating and weight concerns of Asian-American and Caucasian college women.

Objectives: The purpose of this research was to explore the associations among ethnicity, parental bonding, acculturation, and eating disturbance in Asian-American and Caucasian weight-concerned college women.

Methods: Twenty-five Asian-American and 26 Caucasian weight-concerned women were administered the Eating Disorder Examination interview, the Parental Bonding Instrument, and three subscales of the Eating Disorder Inventory. Asian-American subjects also filled out the Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale questionnaire.