Petti Yvette M, Cowell Julia M
Department of Primary Care, Battle Creek VA Medical Center, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA.
J Am Acad Nurse Pract. 2011 Feb;23(2):84-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00581.x. Epub 2011 Jan 13.
The purpose of this descriptive study was to establish the validity and reliability of the measurement of body image and body attitudes among Mexican American women.
Completed measures of height, weight, waist circumference, body mass index, acculturation, body image, and body attitude of 35 U.S.-born Mexican American women between the ages of 18 and 65 years of age. Also included were repeated measures of body image and body attitude and verbatim face-to-face interviews with 13 study participants.
Most study participants were overweight; however, body image discrepancy (difference between perceived actual and ideal body image) did not increase as anticipated and was negatively related to body mass index; suggesting those participants' perceptions of ideal body image increased with increasing body size and was reliable. Body attitude subscale scores had varying relationships to weight status.
Further study is warranted examining why an acceptance of a greater body image occurs, potentially leading to a greater understanding of the influences of body image integration on health behaviors. Clinicians working with Mexican American women should consider weight reduction interventions that are based on an individual assessment of the perceptions of body image and body attitudes.
这项描述性研究的目的是确定墨西哥裔美国女性身体意象和身体态度测量的有效性和可靠性。
对35名年龄在18至65岁之间出生于美国的墨西哥裔美国女性的身高、体重、腰围、体重指数、文化适应、身体意象和身体态度进行完整测量。还包括对13名研究参与者的身体意象和身体态度的重复测量以及逐字记录的面对面访谈。
大多数研究参与者超重；然而，身体意象差异（实际感知与理想身体意象之间的差异）并未如预期那样增加，且与体重指数呈负相关；这表明那些参与者对理想身体意象的认知随着体型的增加而增加，并且是可靠的。身体态度子量表得分与体重状况有不同的关系。
有必要进一步研究为何会出现对更大身体意象的接受，这可能会增进对身体意象整合对健康行为影响的理解。与墨西哥裔美国女性打交道的临床医生应考虑基于对身体意象和身体态度认知的个体评估的减肥干预措施。
