Curtin University.
Umeå University.
J Psychol. 2020;154(4):292-308. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2020.1716669. Epub 2020 Feb 4.
Drawing from diverse theoretical frameworks, we examined predictors of discrepancy between current and ideal body image in a sample of 396 Greek adolescents. The participants completed assessments of the frequency of comparing oneself with someone of perceived better appearance, appearance evaluations, frustration of basic psychological needs, and appearance self-compassion. We found that upward appearance comparisons negatively predicted appearance evaluation, which in turn was a negative predictor of body image discrepancy. Moderated mediation analyses showed that appearance self-compassion buffered, whereas psychological need frustration augmented the negative effects of upward comparisons on appearance evaluation. Our findings contribute to the growing literature on body image discrepancies in adolescence by examining moderating factors that amplify or buffer such discrepancies, hence identifying viable intervention pathways.
我们从不同的理论框架出发，在 396 名希腊青少年样本中研究了当前和理想身体意象差异的预测因素。参与者完成了与被认为更漂亮的人比较自己的频率、外貌评价、基本心理需求受挫以及外貌自我同情的评估。我们发现，向上的外貌比较 negatively predicted 外貌评价，而外貌评价又是身体意象差异的负预测因子。中介调节分析表明，外貌自我同情缓冲了向上比较对外貌评价的负面影响，而心理需求受挫则增强了这种负面影响。我们的研究结果通过检验放大或缓冲这种差异的调节因素，为青春期身体意象差异的不断增长的文献做出了贡献，从而确定了可行的干预途径。
