Alperin Anandi, Barlow Fiona K
School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia.
Sex Health. 2018 Jun;15(3):200-208. doi: 10.1071/SH17108.
Background Negative body image can result in sexual dysfunction for both women and men. Drive for thinness, drive for muscularity and drive for leanness have all been associated with poor body image. However, research to date has not examined which is the strongest predictor of sexual problems in each gender.
The present study used measures of drive for muscularity and drive for thinness simultaneously to predict sexual functioning in both genders. Participants (n=519) completed measures of drive for thinness, drive for muscularity, sexual esteem, sexual assertiveness, discomfort exposing their bodies during sex and genital satisfaction. The interaction between drive for thinness and drive for muscularity was used to approximate drive for leanness.
Drive for thinness, not drive for muscularity (or any combination of the two), predicted men's and women's sexual problems.
We add to the growing body of literature on the destructive nature of excessive drive for thinness, and highlight that it may be a core factor in promoting and maintaining men's (as well as women's) sexual problems.
背景 消极的身体意象会导致男性和女性出现性功能障碍。追求瘦、追求肌肉发达以及追求苗条均与不良身体意象有关。然而，迄今为止的研究尚未考察在每种性别中，哪一个是性问题的最强预测因素。
本研究同时使用追求肌肉发达和追求瘦的测量指标来预测两性的性功能。参与者（n = 519）完成了追求瘦、追求肌肉发达、性自尊、性自信、在性行为中暴露身体的不适感以及生殖器满意度的测量。追求瘦和追求肌肉发达之间的相互作用被用来近似追求苗条。
追求瘦，而非追求肌肉发达（或两者的任何组合），预测了男性和女性的性问题。
我们在关于过度追求瘦的破坏性本质的不断增长的文献中增添了内容，并强调它可能是促成和维持男性（以及女性）性问题的一个核心因素。
