Lyons Elizabeth J, Mehl Matthias R, Pennebaker James W
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina, NC, United States.
J Psychosom Res. 2006 Mar;60(3):253-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.07.017.
Pro-anorexia has emerged as a new and emotionally charged eating disorder phenomenon. This study explored the linguistic markers of differences in Internet self-presentation of self-identified pro-anorexics who defend anorexia as a lifestyle and self-identified anorexics in recovery.
One hundred sixty-two Internet message board entries and 56 homepages originating from either pro-anorexics or recovering anorexics were analyzed for linguistic markers of emotional, cognitive, and social functioning, temporal focus, and anorexia-related psychological concerns.
Across both text sources, pro-anorexics displayed more positive emotions, less anxiety, a lower degree of cognitive reflection, and lower levels of self-directed attention than did recovering anorexics. Pro-anorexics were also more focused on the present and less on the past. Finally, pro-anorexics were more preoccupied with eating and less with school-related issues and death.
Linguistically, pro-anorexics and recovering anorexics engage in distinct psychological self-presentation styles. More research is needed to understand the clinical implications of these different linguistic styles.
支持厌食症已成为一种新的、充满情感因素的饮食失调现象。本研究探讨了将厌食症视为一种生活方式的自我认定的支持厌食症者与正在康复的自我认定的厌食症者在网络自我呈现方面差异的语言标志。
对来自支持厌食症者或康复中的厌食症者的162条网络留言板帖子和56个主页进行分析，以寻找情感、认知和社会功能、时间焦点以及与厌食症相关的心理问题的语言标志。
在两种文本来源中，支持厌食症者比康复中的厌食症者表现出更多积极情绪、更少焦虑、认知反思程度更低以及自我导向注意力水平更低。支持厌食症者也更关注当下而非过去。最后，支持厌食症者更关注饮食，而较少关注与学校相关的问题和死亡。
在语言方面，支持厌食症者和康复中的厌食症者采用截然不同的心理自我呈现方式。需要更多研究来了解这些不同语言风格的临床意义。
