Maastricht University, Department of Clinical Psychological Science, The Netherlands.
Body Image. 2010 Sep;7(4):335-40. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.07.001.
The present study sought to investigate the influence of self-activation on body and weight satisfaction in restrained and unrestrained eaters, after exposure to thin-ideal images. Restrained eaters (n=39) and unrestrained eaters (n=40) were randomly assigned to a self-activation manipulation versus a control manipulation. After the manipulation, all participants were exposed to eight thin-ideal images. Measures of state body and weight satisfaction and of social comparison tendencies were assessed throughout the experiment. Self-activated restrained eaters showed a significant decrease in body and weight satisfaction after exposure to thin-ideal images, compared to restrained eaters who were not self-activated. In unrestrained eaters, the self-activation manipulation did not have any effect on body or weight dissatisfaction. In conclusion, exposure to fashion models only had a negative influence on women's self-evaluations when two conditions were met: (1) the participant was 'self-activated' and (2) the participant classified as a restrained eater.
本研究旨在探讨在暴露于理想化的瘦身图像后，自我激活对节食者和非节食者的身体和体重满意度的影响。将 39 名节食者和 40 名非节食者随机分配到自我激活组和对照组。在操作之后，所有参与者都暴露在八张理想化的瘦身图像中。在实验过程中，评估了状态身体和体重满意度以及社会比较倾向的测量。与未自我激活的节食者相比，自我激活的节食者在暴露于理想化的瘦身图像后，其身体和体重满意度显著下降。在非节食者中，自我激活操作对身体或体重不满没有任何影响。总之，只有当满足两个条件时，暴露于时尚模特才会对女性的自我评价产生负面影响：（1）参与者是“自我激活”的，（2）参与者被归类为节食者。
