Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.
Body Image. 2011 Jun;8(3):224-31. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.04.001. Epub 2011 May 20.
The study investigated the moderating role of emotion regulation (ER) in relationships between body image concerns and psychological symptomatology. A community sample of 533 boys and girls (11-20 years) completed measures assessing body image thoughts and feelings, domain-specific and general ER strategies, drive for thinness, and bulimic, depressive and anxiety symptoms. Results indicated that ER moderated relationships between body image concerns and both bulimic and depressive symptoms, but not relationships between body image concerns and drive for thinness or anxiety symptoms. Adolescents who reported frequent body image concerns were more likely to have higher levels of bulimic symptoms if they tended to use avoidance and internal dysfunctional ER strategies. Furthermore, adolescents who reported frequent body image concerns were more likely to have higher levels of depressive symptoms if they used positive rational acceptance and internal functional strategies infrequently. Implications of the findings for prevention and intervention are discussed.
本研究调查了情绪调节（ER）在身体意象关注与心理症状之间关系中的调节作用。一个由 533 名男孩和女孩（11-20 岁）组成的社区样本完成了评估身体意象思想和感受、特定领域和一般 ER 策略、瘦身欲望以及暴食、抑郁和焦虑症状的测量。结果表明，ER 调节了身体意象关注与暴食和抑郁症状之间的关系，但不调节身体意象关注与瘦身欲望或焦虑症状之间的关系。如果经常报告身体意象关注的青少年倾向于使用回避和内部功能失调的 ER 策略，则更有可能出现更高水平的暴食症状。此外，如果经常报告身体意象关注的青少年不经常使用积极理性接受和内部功能策略，则更有可能出现更高水平的抑郁症状。讨论了这些发现对预防和干预的意义。
