Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, Imperial Valley, Calexico, CA 92231, USA.
Body Image. 2011 Jan;8(1):82-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.11.006. Epub 2010 Dec 13.
Thin-ideal internalization (TII) reflects agreement that thinness equates with beauty. TII is a risk factor for body dissatisfaction and eating pathology; this phenomenon and its correlates, however, are just beginning to be studied in Latina undergraduates. This study examined the ability of self-esteem, social support, and collectivism to predict TII in 279 Latina undergraduates. It was hypothesized that higher levels of self-esteem, social support, and collectivism would predict lower levels of TII. Cross-sectional data were analyzed using multiple regression; the model was significant, p<.01. Although both self-esteem and social support negatively correlated with thin-ideal internalization, only self-esteem accounted for a significant amount of variance. Results indicate that investigations of self-esteem as a protective factor against TII in Latina undergraduates would be fruitful, as would how self-esteem and social support affect the relationship between TII and other variables. Implications and limitations are discussed.
体像心理内化（TII）反映了一种共识，即认为瘦等同于美。TII 是不满和饮食失调的风险因素；然而，这一现象及其相关因素在拉丁裔大学生中才刚刚开始研究。本研究考察了自尊、社会支持和集体主义对 279 名拉丁裔本科生 TII 的预测能力。研究假设自尊、社会支持和集体主义水平越高，TII 水平越低。使用多元回归分析了横断面数据；该模型具有统计学意义（p<.01）。尽管自尊和社会支持与体像心理内化呈负相关，但只有自尊可以解释显著的差异。结果表明，研究自尊作为拉丁裔大学生 TII 的保护因素将是富有成效的，研究自尊和社会支持如何影响 TII 与其他变量之间的关系也将是富有成效的。讨论了研究的意义和局限性。
