Sorority Women and Eating Pathology

<p>The present study examined disordered eating sorority social norms regarding the</p><p>body and thinness personal values regarding the body and thinness body dissatisfaction</p><p>thin ideal internalization fat talk negative affect and positive affect among sorority and</p><p>non-sorority women. The aims of this study were to discern the underlying factor</p><p>structures of the sorority/group social norms questionnaires and the personal values</p><p>regarding the body and thinness questionnaire investigate disordered eating among</p><p>sorority and non-sorority women over time and further examine the impact of social</p><p>norms on sorority women's body and eating attitudes and behaviors. The results of this</p><p>research illustrated three main findings. First sorority women did not differ from nonsorority</p><p>women on eating pathology. Second fat talk personal values regarding the body</p><p>and thinness and body mass index predicted increased disordered eating over time in the</p><p>general college population of women. Third the sorority and group social norms scale as</p><p>well as the personal values regarding the body and thinness measure were all developed</p><p>and showed evidence for validation in this research. Additionally the sorority/group</p><p>social norms questionnaires and the personal values regarding the body and thinness</p><p>questionnaire demonstrated evidence for validation.</p>