Alleva Jessica M, Lange Wolf-Gero, Jansen Anita, Martijn Carolien
Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Department of Clinical Psychology & Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Body Image. 2014 Jun;11(3):228-32. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.03.001. Epub 2014 Apr 4.
The current study investigated whether negative body evaluation predicts women's overestimation of negative social feedback related to their own body (i.e., covariation bias). Sixty-five female university students completed a computer task where photos of their own body, of a control woman's body, and of a neutral object, were followed by nonverbal social feedback (i.e., facial crowds with equal numbers of negative, positive, and neutral faces). Afterward, women estimated the percentage of negative, positive, and neutral social feedback that followed their own body, the control woman's body, and the neutral object. The findings provided evidence for a covariation bias: negative body evaluation predicted higher estimates of negative social feedback for women's own body, but not for the other stimuli. Additionally, the covariation bias was not explained by differences in how women interpreted the social feedback (the facial stimuli). Clinical implications of the covariation bias to body image are discussed.
当前的研究调查了负面身体评价是否能预测女性对与自身身体相关的负面社会反馈的高估（即共变偏差）。65名女大学生完成了一项计算机任务，在任务中呈现她们自己身体的照片、对照女性身体的照片以及一个中性物体的照片，随后是非言语社会反馈（即由数量相等的负面、正面和中性面孔组成的面部群体）。之后，女性估计跟随在她们自己身体、对照女性身体以及中性物体之后的负面、正面和中性社会反馈的百分比。研究结果为共变偏差提供了证据：负面身体评价预测女性对自身身体的负面社会反馈有更高的估计，但对其他刺激则不然。此外，共变偏差无法通过女性对社会反馈（面部刺激）的解读差异来解释。文中讨论了共变偏差对身体意象的临床意义。
