University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Health Psychology, United States.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Health Psychology, United States; University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Psychological Science, United States.
Body Image. 2019 Sep;30:56-63. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.05.004. Epub 2019 May 23.
In line with sociocultural models of parental influence on body image, we examined the relationship between recall of restrictive/critical caregiver eating messages (RCEM) and current frequency of disclosing self-disparaging fat talk among family in 335 undergraduate women (M = 19.4; SD = 1.53; range = 18-27). Additionally, two forms of relational body image (i.e., perceived body acceptance by others, external body image shame) and anti-fat attitudes were tested as potential explanatory pathways. RCEM were positively related to current frequency of self-directed fat talk in the family context. All three proposed mediators helped explain this relationship, with external body image shame demonstrating the largest observed effect. Findings suggest frequent recollections of caregivers' implied weight-stigmatizing comments surrounding eating may contribute to more frequent self-denigrating body talk with family members at present via both positive and negative dimensions of relational body image and endorsed explicit weight bias. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
本研究遵循社会文化模型中父母对身体意象的影响，调查了 335 名本科女生（M=19.4，SD=1.53，范围 18-27）回忆限制性/批判性照顾者饮食信息（RCEM）与当前在家庭中自我贬低性胖谈频率之间的关系。此外，还测试了两种关系身体意象（即他人对身体的感知接受度、身体外部形象羞耻感）和反胖态度作为潜在的解释途径。RCEM 与当前家庭环境中自我导向的胖谈频率呈正相关。所有三个被提议的中介都有助于解释这种关系，其中身体外部形象羞耻感表现出最大的观察到的效果。研究结果表明，频繁回忆照顾者围绕饮食的隐含体重污名化评论可能通过关系身体意象的积极和消极维度以及明确的体重偏见，导致目前与家庭成员进行更频繁的自我贬低性身体谈话。讨论了理论和实践意义。
