Citation

Logio KA. Violence Against Women 2003; 9(8): 931-954.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801203255134

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The research presented in this article examines the influences of race, gender, and sexual or physical abuse on unhealthy eating and dieting practices among Black and White adolescents. Specifically, the project considers the intersection of race and gender on actual and perceived body size. The impact of past sexual or physical abuse emerges as a significant predictor of unhealthy dieting and eating behaviors for Whites but not for Blacks. Although girls are more likely to have distorted body images and to engage in disordered eating and dieting, these differences are further explained with race and past sexual or physical abuse.