Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Appetite. 2011 Dec;57(3):729-42. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.08.007. Epub 2011 Aug 16.
This investigation uncovered processes underlying the dynamics of body weight and body image among individuals involved in nascent heterosexual marital relationships in Upstate New York. In-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews conducted with 34 informants, 20 women and 14 men, just prior to marriage and again one year later were used to explore continuity and change in cognitive, affective, and behavioral factors relating to body weight and body image at the time of marriage, an important transition in the life course. Three major conceptual themes operated in the process of developing and enacting informants' body weight relationships with their partner: weight relevance, weight comparisons, and weight talk. Weight relevance encompassed the changing significance of weight during early marriage and included attracting and capturing a mate, relaxing about weight, living healthily, and concentrating on weight. Weight comparisons between partners involved weight relativism, weight competition, weight envy, and weight role models. Weight talk employed pragmatic talk, active and passive reassurance, and complaining and critiquing criticism. Concepts emerging from this investigation may be useful in designing future studies of and approaches to managing body weight in adulthood.
本研究揭示了纽约州北部初婚的异性恋夫妇中体重和身体形象动态的背后过程。研究使用了深度半结构化定性访谈，在婚前和婚后一年对 34 名受访者（20 名女性和 14 名男性）进行了访谈，以探讨与婚前体重和身体形象相关的认知、情感和行为因素的连续性和变化，这是人生历程中的一个重要转折点。在发展和实施受访者与伴侣的体重关系的过程中，有三个主要的概念主题起作用：体重重要性、体重比较和体重讨论。体重重要性包括婚姻早期体重的变化意义，包括吸引和捕获配偶、放松对体重的关注、健康生活和专注于体重。伴侣之间的体重比较涉及体重相对论、体重竞争、体重嫉妒和体重榜样。体重讨论采用了实用的谈话、积极和被动的保证、抱怨和批评。本研究中出现的概念可能有助于设计未来关于成年人体重管理的研究和方法。
