Chow Chong Man, Ruhl Holly, Tan Cin Cin, Ellis Lilian
Psychology Department, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197, USA.
University of Texas-Dallas, Richardson, USA.
Eat Weight Disord. 2019 Dec;24(6):1181-1188. doi: 10.1007/s40519-017-0459-9. Epub 2017 Nov 9.
This study examined whether engagement in negative body talk would moderate the association between fear of fat and restrained eating among female friend dyads.
Female friends (N = 130) were recruited from a Midwestern university in the United States. The dyadic data were examined with an Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM).
Results showed that women's fear of fat was significantly related to their own restrained eating behaviors. In contrast, women's fear of fat was not significantly related to their friends' restrained eating behaviors. Negative body talk was significantly related to restrained eating, as reported by both friends. The interaction between negative body talk and women's own fear of fat was found to be significant. Although women with less fear of fat showed less restrained eating, engaging in more negative body talk with a friend increased their engagement in restrained eating. Women with more fear of fat engaged in more restrained eating, regardless of their engagement in negative body talk.
Given the detrimental role of body talk between fear of fat and restrained eating, interventions may target reducing body talk among young women.
Basic science, Animal study, Cadaver study, and Experimental study articles.
本研究探讨了在女性朋友二人组中，进行负面身体谈论是否会调节对肥胖的恐惧与克制饮食之间的关联。
从美国中西部一所大学招募女性朋友（N = 130）。采用行为者-伙伴相互依赖模型（APIM）对二人组数据进行分析。
结果显示，女性对肥胖的恐惧与她们自己的克制饮食行为显著相关。相比之下，女性对肥胖的恐惧与她们朋友的克制饮食行为没有显著关系。如两位朋友所报告的，负面身体谈论与克制饮食显著相关。发现负面身体谈论与女性自身对肥胖的恐惧之间的交互作用显著。尽管对肥胖恐惧较小的女性表现出较少的克制饮食，但与朋友进行更多负面身体谈论会增加她们的克制饮食行为。对肥胖恐惧较大的女性无论是否进行负面身体谈论，都会有更多的克制饮食行为。
鉴于身体谈论在对肥胖的恐惧和克制饮食之间的有害作用，干预措施可旨在减少年轻女性之间的身体谈论。
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