Western University, Canada.
Western University, Canada.
Body Image. 2020 Mar;32:136-144. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.12.003. Epub 2019 Dec 27.
The development and maintenance of positive body image in women may be disrupted by sociocultural appearance-related pressures. Therefore, it is critical to explore factors that may safeguard women's positive body image. A recent study by Homan and Tylka (2015) found that in a large sample (N = 263) of female MTurk workers and university-aged women, both appearance-contingent self-worth and body-based social comparisons were linked to less positive body image, but these links were attenuated in the face of high self-compassion. This research, an independent direct replication of the original study, supported the original findings. In a new, larger sample (N = 363 female-identified MTurk workers), signals were detected that were similar in size and magnitude to the original study. Specifically, while appearance-contingent self-worth and body-based social comparisons were negatively linked to body appreciation, those who endorsed higher levels of self-compassion reported a more positive body image, even in the presence of these potential threats. Findings are extended to eating- and exercise-based social comparisons. All materials, including the replication protocol, data management plan, dataset, SPSS syntax, and output are publicly available on the Open Science Framework at: https://osf.io/r274y/. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
女性积极身体意象的发展和维持可能会受到社会文化外貌相关压力的破坏。因此，探索可能保护女性积极身体意象的因素至关重要。霍曼和泰勒卡（2015 年）最近的一项研究发现，在女性土耳其工人和大学生女性的大样本（N=263）中，外貌相关的自我价值感和基于身体的社会比较都与不太积极的身体意象有关，但在面对高自我同情时，这些联系减弱了。这项独立的直接复制原始研究的研究支持了最初的发现。在一个新的、更大的样本（N=363 名女性身份的土耳其工人）中，检测到的信号与原始研究的大小和幅度相似。具体来说，虽然外貌相关的自我价值感和基于身体的社会比较与身体欣赏呈负相关，但那些自我同情程度较高的人报告说，他们的身体形象更积极，即使存在这些潜在的威胁。研究结果扩展到了基于饮食和运动的社会比较。所有材料，包括复制方案、数据管理计划、数据集、SPSS 语法和输出，都在开放科学框架上公开：https://osf.io/r274y/。讨论了对研究和实践的影响。
