Jarry Josée L, Kossert Amy L
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4.
Body Image. 2007 Mar;4(1):39-50. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.12.003. Epub 2007 Feb 6.
This study examined the effect of a self-esteem threat combined with exposure to thin images on body image (BI) satisfaction and investment. Female participants (N=94) received a self-esteem threat consisting of false failure feedback or received false success feedback on an intellectual task allegedly highly predictive of academic and professional success. They then viewed media images featuring thin models or products. After viewing thin models, women who had received failure feedback declared themselves more satisfied about their appearance and less invested in it than did women who had received success feedback. These results suggest that exposure to the thin ideal may inspire women experiencing self-esteem threats to use appearance as an alternative source of worth, thus maintaining their global esteem through BI compensatory self-enhancement. Potential long-term implications of this strategy, such as a paradoxical increase in BI investment and the development of eating pathology, are discussed.
本研究考察了自尊威胁与接触瘦身形象相结合对身体意象（BI）满意度和投入度的影响。女性参与者（N = 94）收到由虚假失败反馈构成的自尊威胁，或在一项据称对学业和职业成功具有高度预测性的智力任务上收到虚假成功反馈。然后她们观看了以瘦模特或产品为特色的媒体形象。观看瘦模特后，收到失败反馈的女性比收到成功反馈的女性宣称自己对自身外表更满意，且对其投入更少。这些结果表明，接触瘦身理想形象可能会促使经历自尊威胁的女性将外表作为一种替代价值来源，从而通过BI补偿性自我提升来维持其整体自尊。本文讨论了这一策略潜在的长期影响，如BI投入的矛盾性增加和饮食病理学的发展。
