Swami Viren
Department of Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK; Department of Psychology, HELP University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Body Image. 2017 Jun;21:30-33. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.02.001. Epub 2017 Mar 9.
The present study compared the rates of negative body image and risk for disordered eating in young women who identify as part of goth subculture and a matched sample. Participants were 80 women who identified as part of goth subculture and a matched sample of 82 women from London, United Kingdom. Participants completed measures of self-ideal body size discrepancy, body appreciation, appearance investment, and eating disorder symptomatology. Between-group comparisons indicated that goth women reported significantly higher drive for thinness (d=0.51), body dissatisfaction (d=0.62), and dysfunctional appearance investment (d=0.52), as well as lower body appreciation (d=0.55), than the matched sample. Heightened expectations about appearance and self-presentation, alongside appearance competitiveness, may result in more negative body image and disordered eating in young women who identify with goth subculture, but further research is necessary on this under-studied youth subculture.
本研究比较了认同哥特亚文化的年轻女性与匹配样本中消极身体意象的发生率和饮食失调风险。参与者为80名认同哥特亚文化的女性以及来自英国伦敦的82名匹配女性样本。参与者完成了自我理想身体尺寸差异、身体欣赏、外表投入和饮食失调症状的测量。组间比较表明，与匹配样本相比，哥特女性报告的追求瘦身的驱动力显著更高（d = 0.51）、身体不满程度更高（d = 0.62）、外表投入功能失调程度更高（d = 0.52），以及身体欣赏程度更低（d = 0.55）。对外表和自我展示的更高期望，以及外表竞争力，可能导致认同哥特亚文化的年轻女性出现更消极的身体意象和饮食失调，但对于这个研究不足的青年亚文化群体，还需要进一步研究。
