Department of Psychology, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613, United States.
Department of Psychology, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613, United States; Department of Kinesiology, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada.
Body Image. 2021 Mar;36:263-268. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.12.006. Epub 2021 Jan 18.
Adult women report significant body dissatisfaction yet are often overlooked in body image promotion programs. Although few venues afford opportune settings for intervening with adult women, the church serves as a regular meeting place for many in the South of the United States. This study tested a dissonance-based body image program, Reclaiming Beauty (RB), adapted for adult women in church settings. Six groups (n = 30) were led by two trained church leaders (peer-led) and three groups (n = 21) were led by a trained peer leader and a researcher (researcher-co-led). RB participants, aged 30-77 years (M = 53.1 ± 12.7), completed assessments pre-intervention, immediately post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention. Waitlist-controls (n = 31) completed assessments at time intervals consistent with intervention participants. RB participants reported significantly decreased thin-ideal internalization, body surveillance, and eating psychopathology at post-intervention and at 6 months post-intervention relative to controls. RB participants also reported significantly increased body satisfaction immediately post-intervention relative to controls, but this was not significant at 6 months post-intervention. Peer-led groups outperformed researcher-co-led groups on body surveillance at 6 months, but RB conditions did not otherwise differ. Our findings provide preliminary support for the dissemination of a culturally-modified dissonance-based body image program to adult women in church settings.
成年女性报告称存在明显的身体不满，但在身体形象推广计划中往往被忽视。尽管很少有场所为成年女性提供适当的干预机会，但教堂是美国南部许多人的常规聚会场所。本研究测试了一种基于不和谐的身体形象计划，即“Reclaiming Beauty (RB)”，该计划适用于教堂环境中的成年女性。六组（n=30）由两名经过培训的教会领袖（同龄人领导）领导，三组（n=21）由一名经过培训的同龄人领导和一名研究人员（研究人员共同领导）领导。RB 参与者年龄在 30-77 岁之间（M=53.1±12.7），在干预前、干预后立即和干预后 6 个月完成评估。等待对照组（n=31）在与干预参与者一致的时间间隔内完成评估。与对照组相比，RB 参与者在干预后和干预后 6 个月报告的瘦理想内化、身体监测和饮食病理学明显减少。与对照组相比，RB 参与者在干预后立即报告的身体满意度显著增加，但在干预后 6 个月时并不显著。在 6 个月时，同龄人领导组在身体监测方面的表现优于研究人员共同领导组，但 RB 条件在其他方面没有差异。我们的研究结果初步支持在教堂环境中向成年女性传播一种文化上修改的基于不和谐的身体形象计划。
