Swami Viren, Horne George, Furnham Adrian
School of Psychology and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Centre for Psychological Medicine, Perdana University, Serdang, Malaysia.
Pers Individ Dif. 2021 Feb 15;170:110426. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110426. Epub 2020 Oct 7.
The stress and anxiety caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presents a serious threat to psychological well-being in populations worldwide and may also extend to body image outcomes. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a preliminary study in which an online sample of adults from the United Kingdom ( = 506, age = 34.25 years) were asked to complete measures of perceived stress, stressful life events, trait anxiety, COVID-19-related stress and anxiety, and negative body image (body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness in women, body fat and muscularity dissatisfaction in men). The results of hierarchical regressions indicated that COVID-19-related stress and anxiety explained significant incremental variance in body image outcomes (Adj. Δ = .02 to .10), over-and-above demographics (age and body mass index) and perceived stress, trait anxiety, and stressful life events. These findings suggest that COVID-19-related stress and anxiety may shape body image outcomes under conditions of physical and social distancing.
新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行所引发的压力和焦虑，对全球民众的心理健康构成了严重威胁，而且可能还会影响到身体意象结果。为了验证这一假设，我们开展了一项初步研究，在研究中，我们让来自英国的成年在线样本（n = 506，年龄 = 34.25岁）完成了感知压力、应激性生活事件、特质焦虑、与COVID-19相关的压力和焦虑以及负面身体意象（女性的身体不满和对瘦的追求，男性的体脂和肌肉不满意）的测量。分层回归结果表明，与COVID-19相关的压力和焦虑在身体意象结果中解释了显著的增量方差（调整后的ΔR² = 0.02至0.10），超出了人口统计学因素（年龄和体重指数）以及感知压力、特质焦虑和应激性生活事件的影响。这些发现表明，在身体和社交距离的情况下，与COVID-19相关的压力和焦虑可能会影响身体意象结果。
