Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Body Image. 2020 Sep;34:221-232. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.06.006. Epub 2020 Jul 4.
Although social factors influence body image, it remains unknown whether a given individual's body image varies from one specific relationship to another. The present study examined this novel concept of relational body image by investigating the extent to which individuals' body image differs across their relationships with specific others. These differences were expected to arise in part due to differences in how an individual perceives others' personal body preoccupation, others' acceptance of her body, and others' body size relative to her own. Eighty-seven female undergraduates reported on their typical levels of body appreciation, appearance orientation, and intuitive eating with 10 people in their lives, and reported on the characteristics of these others. Intraclass correlations revealed that participants' body image and eating varied across their different relationships. Furthermore, participants perceived differences in others' acceptance of the participant's body, body preoccupation, and body size. Multilevel modelling showed that participants reported more adaptive body image and eating patterns in relationships with others whom they perceived to be relatively more accepting of their body, less body preoccupied, and more similar in size to them. Findings provide initial support for the concept of relational body image.
虽然社会因素会影响身体意象，但目前尚不清楚个体的身体意象是否会因特定关系的不同而有所不同。本研究通过考察个体的身体意象在与特定他人的关系中存在差异的程度，来研究这种关系身体意象的新概念。由于个体对他人的个人身体关注、他人对自己身体的接受程度以及他人的身体大小与自己的身体大小的感知程度不同，这些差异预计会出现。87 名女大学生报告了他们与生活中的 10 个人的典型身体欣赏水平、外貌取向和直觉饮食情况，并报告了这些他人的特征。组内相关系数显示，参与者的身体意象和饮食在不同的关系中存在差异。此外，参与者感知到他人对自己身体的接受程度、身体关注和身体大小存在差异。多层次模型表明，参与者报告说，与他们认为对自己的身体更接受、身体关注较少、体型与自己更相似的人建立关系时，他们的身体意象和饮食习惯更适应。研究结果初步支持了关系身体意象的概念。
