Depression and social anxiety mediate the relationship between parenting styles and risk of eating disorders

A study among Arab adolescents

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21337470
AutoresOra Peleg (0000-0002-1257-4066, Department of School Counseling The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College Emek Yezreel Israel, autor correspondente), Orna Tzischinsky (Department of School Counseling The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College Emek Yezreel Israel), Zohar Spivak‐Lavi (0000-0002-7711-4554, Department of School Counseling The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College Emek Yezreel Israel)
Ano2021
Volume56
Fascículo6
Páginas853-864
Data de publicação2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-7594 • E-ISSN: 1464-066X
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ijop.12787
PMID34132397
OpenAlexW3172983349
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas27

In multicultural Israel, the prevalence of eating disorders (EDs), a common chronic disorder among Western adolescents (especially females), has risen for Arab adolescents, who belong to an Eastern collectivist society. The study examines family and psychological factors that may increase the risk of EDs among Muslim Arab adolescents. We expected social anxiety and depressive symptoms to mediate the association between parenting styles and risk of EDs, with possible gender differences in the mediation model. Participants were 613 Muslim adolescents (394 females and 219 males); mean age = 15.4 ± 1.6; range = 12–19. The analyses revealed that the severity of depressive symptoms and especially social anxiety mediate the relationship between authoritarian parenting style and risk of EDs. Females reported higher levels of risk of EDs, social anxiety, depression and authoritative parenting style than males; no differences appeared for authoritarian or permissive parenting styles. The research sheds new light on risk factors for EDs and the likelihood of authoritarian parenting style and social anxiety being involved in the aetiology of EDs among Arab adolescents. The outcomes meaningfully add to understanding of specific psychological processes that may be associated with the risk of EDs in this population

Anxiety · Authoritarianism · Collectivism · Democracy · Developmental psychology · Eating disorders · Mediation · Parenting styles · Permissive · Population · Psychiatry · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Psychology