Trindade Inês A, Ferreira Cláudia
Cognitive and Behavioural Centre for Research and Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Cognitive and Behavioural Centre for Research and Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Eat Behav. 2015 Dec;19:49-52. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.06.004. Epub 2015 Jun 27.
Literature has shown that young women present high rates of body dissatisfaction, independently of their weight. Therefore, dieting may emerge as a strategy to control one's body image. Nonetheless, it also seems to be a source of great suffering rather than a solution. The aim of the present study was to explore what variables explain the inflexible engagement in eating rules. Our hypothesis is that an inflexible eating pattern results not exclusively from weight and body dissatisfaction and shame but mainly from emotional regulation processes (such as body image-related cognitive fusion). The sample of the present study comprised 659 female college students, aged between 18 and 25 years old, who completed self-report measures. Results revealed that the majority of the normal-weight participants desired to lose weight and to have a thinner body shape. Findings from the path analyses demonstrated that the effects of weight dissatisfaction and shame on the inflexible adhesion to eating rules were fully mediated through the mechanism of body image-related cognitive fusion. Furthermore, the effect of body dissatisfaction was partially operated by this process. This model was controlled by BMI and explained a total of 36% of inflexible adhesion to eating rules. In conclusion, these findings suggest that it is when a woman gets fused and entangled with her body image-related thoughts that these unwanted inner events most impact on her eating rules. This study thus offers important new data for research and clinical practise in the field of body image and eating difficulties.
文献表明，年轻女性无论体重如何，身体不满率都很高。因此，节食可能成为控制身体形象的一种策略。然而，节食似乎也是巨大痛苦的根源，而非解决之道。本研究的目的是探究哪些变量能够解释对饮食规则的僵化遵循。我们的假设是，僵化的饮食模式并非仅仅源于体重、身体不满和羞耻感，而是主要源于情绪调节过程（如与身体形象相关的认知融合）。本研究的样本包括659名年龄在18至25岁之间的女大学生，她们完成了自我报告测量。结果显示，大多数体重正常的参与者希望减肥并拥有更瘦的体型。路径分析的结果表明，体重不满和羞耻感对僵化遵循饮食规则的影响完全是通过与身体形象相关的认知融合机制介导的。此外，身体不满的影响部分是由这一过程起作用的。该模型以体重指数为控制变量，共解释了36%的对饮食规则的僵化遵循情况。总之，这些发现表明，当女性与她与身体形象相关的想法融合并纠缠在一起时，这些不必要的内心事件对她的饮食规则影响最大。因此，本研究为身体形象和饮食困难领域的研究和临床实践提供了重要的新数据。
