Bamford Bryony, Halliwell Emma
University of Bristol, UK.
Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2009 Sep-Oct;17(5):371-9. doi: 10.1002/erv.951.
The present study aimed to integrate attachment theory and sociocultural theory as predictors of disordered eating, thereby combining two previously distinct literatures in order to provide a more comprehensive model of eating disorder development. It was specifically proposed that women's attachment style may influence their tendency to socially compare themselves to idealized others.
Participants (N = 213) were non-clinical female undergraduates. Sociocultural attitudes to appearance, social comparison, attachment and eating disorder symptomatology were assessed using self-report questionnaires.
Consistent with the hypothesis, social comparison was found to mediate the relationship between attachment anxiety and disordered eating. In addition, attachment avoidance, was not significantly associated with either internalisation of cultural ideals or social comparison but was significantly related to eating psychopathology.
The findings suggest that attachment anxiety and avoidance influence disordered eating via different pathways, with attachment anxiety specifically being implicated in sociocultural models of disordered eating.
本研究旨在整合依恋理论和社会文化理论，将其作为饮食失调的预测因素，从而将两个先前截然不同的文献结合起来，以提供一个更全面的饮食失调发展模型。具体而言，研究提出女性的依恋风格可能会影响她们在社会上与理想化他人进行比较的倾向。
参与者（N = 213）为非临床专业的女大学生。使用自我报告问卷评估对外表的社会文化态度、社会比较、依恋和饮食失调症状。
与假设一致，发现社会比较在依恋焦虑与饮食失调之间起中介作用。此外，依恋回避与文化理想的内化或社会比较均无显著关联，但与饮食心理病理学显著相关。
研究结果表明，依恋焦虑和回避通过不同途径影响饮食失调，依恋焦虑尤其与饮食失调的社会文化模型有关。
