Verplanken Bas, Velsvik Ruth
Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
Body Image. 2008 Jun;5(2):133-40. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.11.001. Epub 2008 Jan 9.
Negative body image thinking can be broken down into cognitive content (body dissatisfaction thoughts) and the way such thoughts occur. The present study focused on negative body image thinking as mental habit, i.e., the degree to which such thinking occurs frequently and automatically [Verplanken, Friborg, Wang, Trafimow, & Woolf, 2007]. In a sample of 250 adolescents (age 12-15) it was found that negative body image thinking habit uniquely accounted for variance in self-esteem and eating disturbance propensity over and above body image dissatisfaction. Considering negative body image thinking as a mental habit contributes to a deeper understanding of body dissatisfaction in adolescents, and may have implications for interventions to deal with such attitudes and their potentially harmful consequences.
消极的身体意象思维可以细分为认知内容（对身体不满的想法）以及这些想法产生的方式。本研究将消极的身体意象思维视为一种心理习惯，即这种思维频繁且自动出现的程度[Verplanken、Friborg、Wang、Trafimow和Woolf，2007]。在一个由250名青少年（年龄在12至15岁之间）组成的样本中，研究发现消极的身体意象思维习惯在解释自尊和饮食失调倾向的差异方面，独立于身体意象不满之外，具有独特的作用。将消极的身体意象思维视为一种心理习惯，有助于更深入地理解青少年的身体不满情绪，并且可能对处理此类态度及其潜在有害后果的干预措施具有启示意义。
