Yager Zali, Prichard Ivanka, Hart Laura M
Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
BMC Womens Health. 2020 Feb 3;20(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s12905-019-0870-7.
The aim of this project was to examine the qualitative responses of adult women who had seen the feature-length documentary film 'Embrace'. In addition, to establish the potential for the documentary to be used as an intervention to improve adult body image, a naturalistic study was conducted to examine whether any differences on measures of body image were apparent among women who had, versus those who had not, seen the film.
Participants were 1429 women aged 18-77 who were members of the Facebook group 'Body Image Movement' facilitated by Taryn Brumfitt, who also directed the documentary Embrace. Participants completed a cross-sectional online questionnaire regarding whether they had seen the film, their perceptions of the impact of the film on their lives and body image, and a range of standardized scales measuring psychological wellbeing.
Overall, the majority of participants had seen the film (n = 1053, 73.7%). Qualitative analysis of open-ended data asking about the changes participants made after viewing the film revealed that a large proportion (44.1%) felt they had higher levels of body appreciation and body confidence, many reported engaging less in dieting (19.6%), and some reported lowered disordered eating (2.8%), since seeing Embrace. Women who had seen the film also reported significantly higher levels of body appreciation (Body Appreciation Scale; medium effect size), and significantly lower levels of internalization of body ideals, self-objectification, body shame, and dietary restraint, than women who had not seen the film.
Adult women reported numerous positive responses to their viewing of the film. Future experimental research should explore the efficacy of Embrace as a brief and engaging intervention for improving body image in adult women.
本项目旨在研究成年女性观看长篇纪录片《接纳》后的定性反应。此外，为了确定该纪录片作为一种干预手段来改善成年女性身体意象的潜力，开展了一项自然主义研究，以考察看过该电影的女性与未看过该电影的女性在身体意象测量指标上是否存在明显差异。
参与者为1429名年龄在18至77岁之间的女性，她们是由塔琳·布鲁姆菲特创建的脸书群组“身体意象运动”的成员，塔琳·布鲁姆菲特也是纪录片《接纳》的导演。参与者完成了一份横断面在线问卷，内容涉及她们是否看过这部电影、对该电影对其生活和身体意象影响的看法，以及一系列测量心理健康的标准化量表。
总体而言，大多数参与者看过这部电影（n = 1053，73.7%）。对关于参与者观看电影后所做改变的开放式数据进行定性分析发现，很大一部分人（44.1%）感觉自己对身体的欣赏程度和身体自信有所提高，许多人报告节食行为减少（19.6%），还有一些人报告自观看《接纳》后饮食失调有所缓解（2.8%）。看过该电影的女性在身体欣赏量表上的得分也显著更高（中等效应量），与未看过该电影的女性相比，她们对身体理想形象的内化程度、自我客体化程度、身体羞耻感和饮食限制水平显著更低。
成年女性报告了她们观看这部电影后的诸多积极反应。未来的实验研究应探索《接纳》作为一种简短且引人入胜的干预手段来改善成年女性身体意象的效果。
