Eating Disorder Risks and Personality Variables Among Black Women

Abstract

Personality characteristics along with acculturation factors associated with the western African American culture were examined to determine eating disorder risk for women of African American, African, Afro Caribbean, and biracial descent. All 66 female participants from a variety of black ethnicities were recruited from various social media and digital platforms. They participated in a survey that contained measures pertaining to acculturation, self-esteem, personality traits, eating pathology, and hair texture and skin tone satisfaction. Results provided weak to moderate correlations for most hypotheses tested. Eating disorders risk showed significant relationships with neuroticism, acculturation, and medium to dark skin tone among these black women.