Talbot Catherine Victoria, Gavin Jeffrey, van Steen Tommy, Morey Yvette
University of Bath, Claverton Down Road, Bath, BA2 7AY UK.
University of Exeter Medical School, College House 1.23, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU UK.
J Eat Disord. 2017 Sep 26;5:40. doi: 10.1186/s40337-017-0170-2. eCollection 2017.
On social media, images such as thinspiration, fitspiration, and bonespiration, are shared to inspire certain body ideals. Previous research has demonstrated that exposure to these groups of content is associated with increased body dissatisfaction and decreased self-esteem. It is therefore important that the bodies featured within these groups of content are more fully understood so that effective interventions and preventative measures can be informed, developed, and implemented.
A content analysis was conducted on a sample of body-focussed images with the hashtags thinspiration, fitspiration, and bonespiration from three social media platforms.
The analyses showed that thinspiration and bonespiration content contained more thin and objectified bodies, compared to fitspiration which featured a greater prevalence of muscles and muscular bodies. In addition, bonespiration content contained more bone protrusions and fewer muscles than thinspiration content.
The findings suggest fitspiration may be a less unhealthy type of content; however, a subgroup of imagery was identified which idealised the extremely thin body type and as such this content should also be approached with caution. Future research should utilise qualitative methods to further develop understandings of the body ideals that are constructed within these groups of content and the motivations behind posting this content.
在社交媒体上，诸如“瘦灵感”“健身灵感”和“骨感灵感”等图片被分享以激发特定的身体理想形象。先前的研究表明，接触这些内容群组与身体不满情绪增加和自尊下降有关。因此，更全面地了解这些内容群组中呈现的身体形象非常重要，以便为有效的干预措施和预防措施提供依据、进行开发并加以实施。
对来自三个社交媒体平台的带有“瘦灵感”“健身灵感”和“骨感灵感”标签的以身体为焦点的图片样本进行了内容分析。
分析表明，与以肌肉和肌肉发达的身体更为普遍的“健身灵感”相比，“瘦灵感”和“骨感灵感”内容包含更多消瘦和被物化的身体形象。此外，“骨感灵感”内容中的骨骼突出部分比“瘦灵感”内容更多，肌肉更少。
研究结果表明“健身灵感”可能是一种危害较小的内容类型；然而，发现了一个将极瘦体型理想化的图像子群体，因此对这类内容也应谨慎对待。未来的研究应采用定性方法，以进一步加深对这些内容群组中构建的身体理想形象以及发布此类内容背后动机的理解。
