School of Psychology & Children's Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
J Youth Adolesc. 2011 Jan;40(1):59-71. doi: 10.1007/s10964-009-9500-2. Epub 2010 Jan 8.
Body image dissatisfaction is a significant risk factor in the onset of eating pathology and depression. Therefore, understanding predictors of negative body image is an important focus of investigation. This research sought to examine the contributions of body mass, appearance conversations with friends, peer appearance criticism and internalization of appearance ideals to body dissatisfaction among adolescents. The sample was comprised of 239 (54% female) adolescents, with a mean age of 16 years. Self-report questionnaires were completed on body dissatisfaction, peer appearance conversations and criticism, internalization of appearance ideals, height and weight. For girls and boys, body mass, appearance conversations with friends, peer appearance criticism and internalized appearance ideals emerged as significant predictors of body dissatisfaction. Gender moderated the effect of body mass on body dissatisfaction. Internalization mediated the relationship between peer appearance conversations and criticism, and body dissatisfaction. These findings suggest that while body mass exerts a differential risk for body dissatisfaction among boys and girls, internalisation may represent a key psychological process that underpins body dissatisfaction among both boys and girls.
身体意象不满是饮食失调和抑郁的一个重要风险因素。因此，了解负面身体意象的预测因素是一个重要的研究重点。本研究旨在探讨体重、与朋友的外貌交谈、同伴对外貌的批评以及对外貌理想的内化对青少年身体不满的影响。样本由 239 名青少年组成（女性占 54%），平均年龄为 16 岁。青少年完成了关于身体不满、与朋友的外貌交谈和批评、对外貌理想的内化、身高和体重的自我报告问卷。对于女孩和男孩来说，体重、与朋友的外貌交谈、同伴对外貌的批评以及内化的外貌理想是身体不满的重要预测因素。性别调节了体重对身体不满的影响。内化中介了同伴对外貌的批评和身体不满之间的关系。这些发现表明，虽然体重对男孩和女孩的身体不满有不同的风险，但内化可能是男孩和女孩身体不满的关键心理过程。
