Corning Alexandra F, Bucchianeri Michaela M, Pick Cari M
a Department of Psychology , University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame , Indiana , USA.
Eat Disord. 2014;22(2):121-35. doi: 10.1080/10640266.2013.860850. Epub 2013 Dec 9.
Fat talk is not merely correlated with, but appears to be one of the causes of body dissatisfaction in other women. Moderators of fat talk's deleterious effects, however, have not yet been identified. This experiment tested whether the body type of the fat-talker affects listeners' body satisfaction. Women viewed photos of either noticeably thin or overweight women making either fat talk or positive body statements. Fat talk by thin and overweight women both had a negative impact on women's body satisfaction, but dissatisfaction was highest after exposure to photos of thin women making fat talk statements. Statistically indistinguishable from this latter effect, however, was the negative effect of thin women making positive body statements. Results are considered within a social comparison framework. Theoretical implications for the thin-ideal and fat talk literatures are presented, as are clinical implications for work with clients.
谈论身材肥胖不仅与其他女性对自己身体的不满有关，而且似乎是导致这种不满的原因之一。然而，尚未确定谈论身材肥胖的有害影响的调节因素。本实验测试了谈论身材肥胖者的体型是否会影响听众对自己身体的满意度。女性观看明显瘦或超重的女性谈论身材肥胖或做出积极身体评价的照片。瘦女性和超重女性谈论身材肥胖都对女性的身体满意度有负面影响，但在观看瘦女性谈论身材肥胖的照片后，不满情绪最高。然而，瘦女性做出积极身体评价的负面影响在统计学上与后一种影响没有区别。研究结果在社会比较框架内进行了考量。本文阐述了对瘦理想和谈论身材肥胖文献的理论启示，以及对与客户合作的临床启示。
