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How Ethnic Identification Attitudes and Acculturative Stress Interact to Predict Suicide & Eating Disorder Symptomatology in Individuals of African Descent
Hollar, D. L. (2006). How Ethnic Identification Attitudes and Acculturative Stress Interact to Predict Suicide & Eating Disorder Symptomatology in Individuals of African Descent. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-3977
How Ethnic Identification Attitudes and Acculturative Stress Interact to Predict Suicide & Eating Disorder Symptomatology in Individuals of African Descent
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between culture and psychopathology to determine if proposed psychological risk factors (i.e., ethnic identification and acculturative stress) are predictive of several key mental health variables related to suicide and eating disorder behaviors (i.e., depression, anxiety, suicidality, body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness) in minority versus non-minority undergraduate students. The main hypothesis is that factors related to a low ethnic identification will be a risk for greater suicidality (i.e., suicide ideation) and eating disorder behaviors (i.e., body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness) among African American individuals who report acculturative stress. Results confirm the hypothesis that a low ethnic identification on the MEIM interacts with cculturative stress to predict greater suicidality (r=. 58, p
A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Advisory Committee
Thomas E. Joiner, Jr., Professor Directing Thesis; Na’im Akbar, Committee Member; Ashby Plant, Committee Member.
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Florida State University
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FSU_migr_etd-3977
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Hollar, D. L. (2006). How Ethnic Identification Attitudes and Acculturative Stress Interact to Predict Suicide & Eating Disorder Symptomatology in Individuals of African Descent. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-3977
