Carleton University Department of Psychology, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Carleton University Department of Psychology, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Body Image. 2019 Jun;29:65-73. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.02.009. Epub 2019 Mar 5.
Weight teasing is associated with body dissatisfaction, but no study has examined the differential impact of the teasing source's gender. This study examined whether the longitudinal relationship between weight teasing (by peers), weight-related comments (by parents) and body esteem differed by the teasing sources' gender, and whether these relationships were moderated by victims' weight status and demographic factors. A school-based sample (N = 1197 at Time 1; 60% female) of adolescents completed surveys over approximately 2 years (Time 1-Time 3). Multilevel modeling showed that teasing from a male peer had a stronger, negative association with appearance esteem for female victims than males. Although weight teasing was more prevalent among youth with overweight/obesity, teasing from female peers had a stronger negative association with weight esteem for adolescents of average weight. Results suggest the weight teasing sources' gender may differentially impact the victims' body esteem, and highlights the need to consider these factors in weight teasing prevention strategies.
体重欺凌与身体不满有关，但尚无研究探讨欺凌来源性别的差异影响。本研究旨在探讨体重欺凌（来自同伴）和与体重相关的评论（来自父母）与身体自尊之间的纵向关系是否因欺凌来源的性别而不同，以及这些关系是否受到受害者体重状况和人口统计学因素的调节。一项基于学校的样本（第 1 次调查时共有 1197 名参与者，其中 60%为女性）在大约 2 年内完成了调查（第 1 次调查至第 3 次调查）。多层次模型表明，对于女性受害者来说，来自男性同伴的欺凌与外表自尊的负面关联更强。尽管超重/肥胖青少年中体重欺凌更为普遍，但对于平均体重的青少年来说，来自女性同伴的欺凌与体重自尊的负面关联更强。结果表明，体重欺凌来源的性别可能会对受害者的身体自尊产生不同的影响，这凸显了在体重欺凌预防策略中需要考虑这些因素。
