Anorexia Nervosa in Chinese Adolescents: Does Culture Make a Difference?.

Lai, Kelly Y. C.

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ERIC Number: EJ626108

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Publication Date: 2000

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Anorexia Nervosa in Chinese Adolescents: Does Culture Make a Difference?

Lai, Kelly Y. C.

Journal of Adolescence, v23 n5 p561-68 Oct 2000

Reports on clinical and psychosocial characteristics of 16 Chinese adolescents from Hong Kong with anorexia nervosa. Over 80% of these patients expressed a fear of fatness. Against the background of increasing Westernization of Hong Kong society, anorexia is taking on a Western pattern, in congruence with the notion that anorexia nervosa is a pathoplastic effect of Westernization. (Author/JDM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Anorexia Nervosa, Chinese, Cultural Differences, Eating Disorders, Western Civilization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong

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