Dittmar Helga, Halliwell Emma, Ive Suzanne
Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Sussex, United Kingdom.
Dev Psychol. 2006 Mar;42(2):283-92. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.2.283.
The ubiquitous Barbie doll was examined in the present study as a possible cause for young girls' body dissatisfaction. A total of 162 girls, from age 5 to age 8, were exposed to images of either Barbie dolls, Emme dolls (U.S. size 16), or no dolls (baseline control) and then completed assessments of body image. Girls exposed to Barbie reported lower body esteem and greater desire for a thinner body shape than girls in the other exposure conditions. However, this immediate negative impact of Barbie doll was no longer evident in the oldest girls. These findings imply that, even if dolls cease to function as aspirational role models for older girls, early exposure to dolls epitomizing an unrealistically thin body ideal may damage girls' body image, which would contribute to an increased risk of disordered eating and weight cycling.
在本研究中，对无处不在的芭比娃娃进行了调查，以探究其是否可能是年轻女孩身体意象不满的一个原因。共有162名年龄在5岁至8岁之间的女孩，她们分别观看了芭比娃娃、埃米娃娃（美国尺码16）的图片，或者没有观看任何娃娃的图片（基线对照），然后完成了身体意象评估。与处于其他观看条件下的女孩相比，观看芭比娃娃的女孩报告了更低的身体自尊以及对更瘦体型更强烈的渴望。然而，芭比娃娃的这种即时负面影响在年龄最大的女孩中不再明显。这些发现表明，即使娃娃不再对年龄较大的女孩起到理想榜样的作用，但早期接触体现不切实际瘦身体型的娃娃可能会损害女孩的身体意象，这将增加饮食失调和体重波动的风险。
