University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, United States.
University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, United States.
Body Image. 2015 Jun;14:5-12. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2015.02.006. Epub 2015 Mar 27.
Self-objectification is related to maladaptive mental health variables, but little is known about what could ameliorate these associations. Self-compassion, a construct associated with mindfulness, involves taking a non-judgmental attitude toward the self. In this study, 306 college-aged women were recruited; those who were highest (n=106) and lowest (n=104) in self-compassion were retained for analyses. Levels of body surveillance, body shame, depression, and negative eating attitudes were lower in the high self-compassion group. Furthermore, the fit of a path model wherein body surveillance related to body shame, which, in turn, related to negative eating attitudes and depressive symptomatology was compared for each group, controlling for body mass index. The model fit significantly differently such that the connections between self-objectification and negative body and eating attitudes were weaker in the high self-compassion group. Treatment implications of self-compassion as a potential means to interrupt the self-objectification process are discussed.
自我客体化与适应不良的心理健康变量有关，但对于什么可以改善这些关联知之甚少。自我同情是与正念相关的一个概念，它涉及对自己采取一种非评判的态度。在这项研究中，招募了 306 名年龄在大学阶段的女性；保留了自我同情程度最高（n=106）和最低（n=104）的参与者进行分析。高自我同情组的身体监控、身体羞耻感、抑郁和消极的饮食态度水平较低。此外，还比较了一个路径模型的拟合程度，该模型假设身体监控与身体羞耻感相关，身体羞耻感又与消极的饮食态度和抑郁症状相关，同时控制了体重指数。模型的拟合程度显著不同，在高自我同情组中，自我客体化与消极的身体和饮食态度之间的联系较弱。讨论了自我同情作为一种潜在手段来打断自我客体化过程的治疗意义。
