Tiggemann M, Lynch J E
School of Psychology, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Dev Psychol. 2001 Mar;37(2):243-53. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.37.2.243.
This study aimed to investigate women's body image across the entire life span from within the theoretical perspective provided by objectification theory (B. L. Fredrickson & T.-A. Roberts, 1997). In a cross-sectional study, a sample of 322 women ranging in age from 20 to 84 years completed a questionnaire measuring body dissatisfaction, self-objectification, and its proposed consequences. Although body dissatisfaction remained stable across the age range, self-objectification, habitual body monitoring, appearance anxiety, and disordered eating symptomatology all significantly decreased with age. Self-objectification was found to mediate the relationship between age and disordered eating symptomatology. It was concluded that objectification theory helps clarify the processes involved in the changes in body image that occur with age.
本研究旨在从客体化理论（B. L. 弗雷德里克森和T.-A. 罗伯茨，1997年）提供的理论视角出发，调查女性在整个生命周期中的身体意象。在一项横断面研究中，322名年龄在20岁至84岁之间的女性样本完成了一份测量身体不满、自我客体化及其预期后果的问卷。尽管身体不满在整个年龄范围内保持稳定，但自我客体化、习惯性身体监测、外表焦虑和饮食失调症状均随年龄显著下降。研究发现，自我客体化在年龄与饮食失调症状之间的关系中起中介作用。研究得出结论，客体化理论有助于阐明随着年龄增长身体意象变化所涉及的过程。
