Geiger Ashley M, Sabik Natalie J, Lupis Sarah B, Rene Kirsten M, Wolf Jutta M
Brandeis University, Psychology Department MS062, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453, USA.
Brandeis University, Psychology Department MS062, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453, USA; Health Studies, University of Rhode Island, 25 Independence Way, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA.
Biol Psychol. 2014 Dec;103:297-304. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.10.005. Epub 2014 Oct 18.
Social relationships are generally thought of as beneficial. However, the present study set out to test the hypothesis that for individuals who perceive others to judge their appearance negatively, daily social interactions can also be a source of stress. Indeed when assessing 38 young adults, we found that both more incidences of negative exchanges reported during the past month as well as perceived negative appearance judgments by others were associated with more self-reported stress. Interestingly, however, for individuals with low attribution body esteem, higher numbers of positive social exchanges during the past month were related to health-relevant changes in biological markers of chronic stress as well. The same was true for individuals with high attribution body esteem who reported to experience only very few positive exchanges. As such, these findings go beyond the initial focus on low body esteem and negative social exchanges and introduce high body esteem as well as daily positive exchanges as potential health risk factors.
社会关系通常被认为是有益的。然而，本研究旨在检验这样一个假设：对于那些认为他人对自己的外表评价负面的个体而言，日常社交互动也可能成为压力源。事实上，在对38名年轻成年人进行评估时，我们发现，过去一个月中报告的负面交流次数增加以及他人感知到的负面外表评价都与更多的自我报告压力相关。然而，有趣的是，对于低归因身体自尊的个体，过去一个月中更多的积极社交交流也与慢性压力的生物标志物中与健康相关的变化有关。对于那些报告仅经历极少积极交流的高归因身体自尊个体也是如此。因此，这些发现超越了最初对低身体自尊和负面社交交流的关注，并将高身体自尊以及日常积极交流引入作为潜在的健康风险因素。
