Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
Eat Weight Disord. 2009 Dec;14(4):e234-6. doi: 10.1007/BF03325123.
Previous reports have well documented that many overweight and obese individuals experience negative appearance-related commentary regarding their weight status. In the current study, both negative and positive comments were assessed using a new scale (Verbal Commentary on Physical Appearance Scale) within four weight categories (underweight, average weight, overweight and obese) in 246 women. The results indicated that overweight and obese participants received less positive weight-related comments than average and underweight individuals, but there were no group differences in the level of positive non-weight-related comments (i.e., other aspects of appearance). Correlational analyses indicated that less negative and more positive feedback were associated with higher self-esteem for average weight individuals, whereas for the combined overweight and obese sample, higher scores on both positive subscales were associated with higher self-esteem. The findings offer the first empirical evidence regarding the relative levels of negative and positive appearance feedback reported by individuals of different weight categories and their relations with overall self-esteem.
先前的报告已经充分证明，许多超重和肥胖的个体对自己的体重状况存在负面的外貌相关评论。在本研究中，我们使用一种新的量表（身体外貌口头评论量表），在四个体重类别（体重不足、平均体重、超重和肥胖）中评估了 246 名女性的负面和正面评论。结果表明，超重和肥胖参与者收到的与体重相关的正面评论少于平均体重和体重不足的个体，但在非体重相关的正面评论（即外貌的其他方面）方面，各组之间没有差异。相关分析表明，对于平均体重的个体，较少的负面和更多的正面反馈与更高的自尊相关，而对于超重和肥胖的综合样本，两个正分量表的得分较高都与更高的自尊相关。这些发现提供了关于不同体重类别个体报告的负面和正面外貌反馈的相对水平及其与整体自尊的关系的首次经验证据。
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