Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University.
School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2020 Jul;26(3):412-418. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000309. Epub 2019 Oct 10.
This study examines the role of parental messages about body image in relation to body image dissatisfaction (BID) and depressive symptoms among Latinx college students. We assessed negative and positive messages about body image from mothers and fathers to examine the indirect effect of BID in explaining links from parental communication to depressive symptoms.
The sample included 198 Latinx college students in the southeastern United States (age range 18-25, 70% female). We used four mediation models, whereby parental comments were modeled to affect depressive symptoms through BID.
Results indicated that although there was no direct effect between parental messages and depressive symptoms, both negative maternal and paternal comments had indirect effects on depressive symptoms via BID.
Parental messages about body image have significant implications for understanding the etiology of BID and concomitant depressive symptoms among Latinx college students. The findings highlight the important role of parental communication in Latinx student health and the need for future studies to better understand Latinx college students' interpretations of their parents' positive and negative comments. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究考察了父母有关身体意象的信息在拉丁裔大学生身体意象不满（BID）和抑郁症状之间的作用。我们评估了母亲和父亲对身体意象的负面和正面信息，以考察 BID 在解释父母沟通与抑郁症状之间联系中的间接效应。
该样本包括美国东南部的 198 名拉丁裔大学生（年龄在 18-25 岁之间，70%为女性）。我们使用了四个中介模型，其中父母的评论通过 BID 影响抑郁症状。
结果表明，尽管父母信息与抑郁症状之间没有直接影响，但母亲和父亲的负面评论都通过 BID 对抑郁症状产生了间接影响。
父母有关身体意象的信息对理解拉丁裔大学生 BID 和伴随的抑郁症状的病因具有重要意义。研究结果强调了父母沟通在拉丁裔学生健康中的重要作用，以及未来研究需要更好地理解拉丁裔大学生对父母正面和负面评论的解释。
