CINEICC, Centre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioural Intervention, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Rua do Colégio Novo, Apartado 6153, 3001-802, Coimbra, Portugal.
Eat Weight Disord. 2020 Apr;25(2):399-406. doi: 10.1007/s40519-018-0612-0. Epub 2018 Nov 14.
Interpersonal and intrapersonal factors contributing to body appreciation in emerging adult women remain poorly explored. Thus, the present study aimed to test the impact of early memories of warmth and safeness with peers, self-compassion, and social safeness, in body appreciation and in disordered eating attitudes and behaviours.
A total of 387 women aged between 18 and 25 completed a set of self-report questionnaires. Data were analysed through descriptive and correlation statistics, and the suitability of a theoretical model was explored via path analysis. Self-report instruments assessed participants' weight and height, early memories of warmth and safeness with peers, self-compassion, social safeness, body appreciation, as well as disordered eating.
Early memories of warmth and safeness with peers associated with higher self-compassion and feelings of social safeness, which were both positively linked to body appreciation. Body appreciation associated with a lower display of disordered eating.
It seems that childhood and adolescent experiences may have an important influence on the development of self-to-self and self-to-others secure relationships, with consequences on the way women behave and relate with their unique body characteristics. The pertinence of developing self-compassion and affiliative skills to promote positive body image among females is suggested, as well as of applying compassion-based strategies when clinically approaching symptoms of eating disorders.
Cross-sectional descriptive study, Level V.
促成青年女性身体欣赏的人际和内在因素仍未得到充分探索。因此，本研究旨在测试与同伴的温暖和安全的早期记忆、自我同情和社交安全感对身体欣赏以及饮食失调态度和行为的影响。
共有 387 名年龄在 18 至 25 岁之间的女性完成了一套自我报告问卷。通过描述性和相关性统计分析数据，并通过路径分析探讨理论模型的适用性。自我报告工具评估了参与者的体重和身高、与同伴的温暖和安全的早期记忆、自我同情、社交安全感、身体欣赏以及饮食失调。
与同伴的温暖和安全的早期记忆与更高的自我同情和社交安全感相关，而这两者都与身体欣赏呈正相关。身体欣赏与较低的饮食失调表现相关。
童年和青少年时期的经历似乎对自我与自我和自我与他人的安全关系的发展有重要影响，这对女性以独特的身体特征表现和相互关系的方式产生影响。建议培养自我同情和亲和技能，以促进女性的积极身体形象，以及在临床治疗饮食失调症状时应用基于同情的策略。
横断面描述性研究，等级 V。
