Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States.
Department of Psychology, Appalachian State University, United States.
Eat Behav. 2016 Apr;21:232-5. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.03.004. Epub 2016 Mar 6.
To compare racial similarities and differences in conversations about body image, this online study surveyed U.S. adult men (n=1928) and women (n=1965) on 1) exposure to and 2) pressure to engage in body talk using vignettes featuring unfavorable body talk (e.g., "fat talk") or favorable self-accepting body talk. Black women reported less unfavorable body talk compared to White, Hispanic, and Asian women. Conversely, Black and Hispanic women reported more experience with favorable body talk compared to White women. Asian men reported more experience with favorable and unfavorable body talk compared to White men, and Black men reported more experience with favorable body talk compared to White men. Findings for Black women and men are largely consistent with body image literature espousing personal individualization of beauty and style (e.g., "She's got it going on"). Given the dearth of research on body talk among men, conclusions regarding racial differences among men are tentative. Further exploration of varying forms of body talk holds promise for the development of culturally-sensitive prevention and treatment efforts for body image and disordered eating among culturally diverse groups of men and women.
为了比较关于身体形象的对话中存在的种族相似性和差异性，本项在线研究采用了情景模拟的方式，对 1928 名美国成年男性和 1965 名美国成年女性进行了调查，内容包括 1）接触到的身体谈话，以及 2）进行身体谈话的压力。与不讨喜的身体谈话（例如“胖话”）或正面的自我接纳的身体谈话相比，黑人女性报告的不讨喜的身体谈话较少。相反，与白人女性相比，黑人女性和西班牙裔女性报告了更多经历过的讨喜的身体谈话。与白人男性相比，亚洲男性报告了更多经历过的讨喜和不讨喜的身体谈话，而黑人男性报告了更多经历过的讨喜的身体谈话。这些发现与主张美丽和风格的个体化的身体形象文献基本一致（例如“她魅力四射”）。鉴于针对男性的身体谈话研究甚少，因此关于男性的种族差异的结论是暂定的。进一步探索不同形式的身体谈话有望为不同种族背景的男性和女性的身体形象和饮食失调的预防和治疗工作提供文化敏感性。
