Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Body Image. 2012 Sep;9(4):528-31. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.05.004. Epub 2012 Jun 15.
Negative talk about food, weight, or the body that occurs commonly among women--fat talk--is gaining increasing attention. Whereas its negative eating pathology and body esteem correlates have received continued empirical validation, what is not yet known is who is most likely to fat talk. We propose that social comparison processes underlie and motivate much of fat talk. In a sample of 143 college women, we found evidence for the role of social comparison. First, having a stronger tendency to socially compare directly predicts fat talk. Second, as a woman's body image concerns increase, her likelihood of engaging in fat talk increases, and this is intensified if she has a greater tendency to socially compare. Finally, social comparison propensity begins to exert its exacerbating effects at surprisingly low levels of body image concern. Results are discussed in terms of the advantages of using a social comparison perspective to better understand fat talk.
负面谈论食物、体重或身体在女性中很常见——胖谈——越来越受到关注。尽管其负面的饮食病理学和身体自尊相关性已经得到了持续的实证验证，但目前尚不清楚谁最有可能胖谈。我们提出，社会比较过程是胖谈的基础和动机。在 143 名女大学生的样本中，我们发现了社会比较的作用的证据。首先，更强烈的社会比较倾向直接预测胖谈。其次，随着女性对身体形象的关注增加，她进行胖谈的可能性也会增加，如果她更倾向于进行社会比较，这种可能性就会加剧。最后，社会比较倾向在身体形象担忧的低水平就开始产生加剧作用。研究结果从使用社会比较视角更好地理解胖谈的优势方面进行了讨论。
