Griffith University, School of Applied Psychology, Australia.
Griffith University, School of Applied Psychology, Australia.
Body Image. 2017 Dec;23:162-170. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.09.005. Epub 2017 Oct 17.
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is marked by high distress and behavioral and functional impairments due to preoccupation with perceived appearance anomalies. Our aim was to examine parental correlates of offspring's symptoms characteristic of BDD, testing both direct associations and indirect associations via appearance-based rejection sensitivity (appearance-RS). Surveys were completed by 302 Australian adolescents (9-14 years) and their parents. Findings indicated parents' weight and appearance teasing and child-report (but not parent-report) of parental negative attitudes about weight and appearance were uniquely associated with offspring's heightened BDD-like symptoms, and associations were partially indirect via adolescents' appearance-RS. Findings support theory that identifies parents as socializers of children's appearance concerns, and show that BDD-like symptoms may be partly elevated because of the mediating role of appearance-RS. We propose that BDD symptoms could partly emerge as compensatory responses to parents' appearance messages, and the associated bias to expect and perceive rejection based on one's appearance.
躯体变形障碍（BDD）的特点是高度痛苦和行为及功能障碍，因为过度关注感知到的外貌异常。我们的目的是研究父母与子女 BDD 特征相关的症状，同时测试通过基于外貌的拒绝敏感性（appearance-RS）的直接关联和间接关联。研究由 302 名澳大利亚青少年（9-14 岁）及其父母完成。研究结果表明，父母的体重和外貌嘲笑以及青少年报告（而非父母报告）的父母对体重和外貌的负面态度与子女更高的 BDD 样症状有关，并且通过青少年的 appearance-RS 存在部分间接关联。研究结果支持了将父母视为儿童外貌关注的社会化者的理论，并表明 BDD 样症状可能因 appearance-RS 的中介作用而部分升高。我们提出，BDD 症状可能部分是由于对父母外貌信息的补偿反应而出现的，以及基于外貌预期和感知拒绝的相关偏见。
