Furman Kenneth, Thompson J Kevin
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620-8200, USA.
Int J Eat Disord. 2002 Dec;32(4):449-57. doi: 10.1002/eat.10095.
In the current study, we sought to experimentally examine the influence of teasing on an individual's mood and body satisfaction by using a vicarious exposure strategy-written appearance-based scenarios in which another female is the target of teasing comments.
Female college students read vignettes that involved either a female receiving a comment from another person regarding some aspect of her appearance or abilities. Two of the eight vignettes in both conditions involved some type of positive comment regarding appearance or abilities. Three visual analogue scales (depression, anger, anxiety), one Subjective Units of Discomfort rating, and one Likert-scaled appearance satisfaction rating were used to assess mood and body image levels consequent to exposure to the written scenarios. Dispositional measures of personal teasing history, appearance evaluation, and level of eating disturbance were regressed onto mood, SUDS, and satisfaction ratings.
The results revealed that negative appearance and abilities scenes elicited moderate levels of mood disturbance when compared to positive vignettes. Regression analyses indicated that level of eating disturbance was the only consistent significant predictor for both appearance and abilities' scenarios, even after variance accounted for by empathy and self-esteem had been removed.
Potential limitations of these findings are discussed along with indications for future experimental examinations of negative verbal commentary.
在本研究中，我们试图通过使用一种替代性暴露策略——基于外貌的书面情景，其中另一名女性是被调侃评论的对象，来实验性地检验调侃对个体情绪和身体满意度的影响。
女大学生阅读一些短文，这些短文涉及一名女性收到另一个人关于她外貌或能力某些方面的评论。在两种情况下的八个短文中，有两个涉及对外貌或能力的某种积极评论。使用三个视觉模拟量表（抑郁、愤怒、焦虑）、一个主观不适单位评分和一个李克特量表的外貌满意度评分来评估接触书面情景后的情绪和身体形象水平。将个人被调侃历史、外貌评价和饮食失调程度的倾向性测量结果回归到情绪、主观不适单位评分和满意度评分上。
结果显示，与积极短文相比，负面外貌和能力情景引发了中等程度的情绪困扰。回归分析表明，即使去除了共情和自尊所解释的方差后，饮食失调程度仍是外貌和能力情景唯一一致的显著预测因素。
讨论了这些发现的潜在局限性以及未来对负面言语评论进行实验研究的方向。
