Polivy Janet, Pliner Patricia
University of Toronto, Canada.
University of Toronto, Canada.
Appetite. 2015 Mar;86:88-95. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.08.007. Epub 2014 Aug 13.
Eating is a social activity for most people. Other people influence what and how much an individual chooses and eats. Such social influence on eating has long been recognized and studied, but we contend here that one important social influence factor, social comparison, has been largely overlooked by researchers. We review the literature on comparing oneself to others on eating and weight-related dimensions, which appears to have an effect not only on eating per se, but also on self-image, body dissatisfaction, and emotions. Social comparison processes may well underlie many of the social influence findings discussed in this special issue.
对大多数人来说,饮食是一种社交活动。他人会影响一个人选择吃什么以及吃多少。这种对饮食的社会影响早已得到认可和研究,但我们在此认为,一个重要的社会影响因素——社会比较,在很大程度上被研究人员忽视了。我们回顾了关于在饮食和体重相关方面将自己与他人进行比较的文献,这些文献似乎不仅对饮食本身有影响,而且对自我形象、身体不满和情绪也有影响。社会比较过程很可能是本期特刊中讨论的许多社会影响研究结果的基础。