Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia.
The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2022 Jul;48(7):987-1004. doi: 10.1177/01461672211025202. Epub 2021 Jun 30.
Guided by projection bias perspectives, this article sought to advance understanding of the associations between body image and relationship and sexual satisfaction within heterosexual romantic relationships. Across two studies, both members of heterosexual dating and/or married couples reported on their body image, perceptions of partner's attraction to the self, own attraction toward the partner, and relationship satisfaction. Study 2 also incorporated measures of participants' body mass index (BMI) and sexual satisfaction. Across both studies, women with poorer body image perceived their partner to be less attracted to them (irrespective of their partner's actual attraction to them, or how attracted they were to their partner), which in turn was associated with lower relationship and sexual satisfaction. For men, attraction to their partner was consistently associated with their own relationship satisfaction. Results demonstrate that projection biases are a possible mechanism through which body image is associated with romantic relationship and sexual satisfaction, and hint at the particular relevance of appearance-related projection biases for women's relationship and sexual satisfaction.
本文以投影偏差的观点为指导，旨在深入了解异性恋浪漫关系中体像与关系和性满足之间的关联。在两项研究中，异性约会和/或已婚伴侣的双方都报告了他们的体像、对伴侣吸引力的看法、对伴侣的吸引力以及关系满意度。第二项研究还纳入了参与者的体重指数（BMI）和性满意度的测量。在这两项研究中，体像较差的女性认为她们的伴侣对她们的吸引力较低（无论伴侣对她们的实际吸引力如何，以及她们对伴侣的吸引力如何），这反过来又与较低的关系和性满意度有关。对于男性来说，对伴侣的吸引力始终与他们自己的关系满意度相关。研究结果表明，投射偏差可能是体像与浪漫关系和性满足相关的一种机制，并暗示了与外表相关的投射偏差对女性关系和性满足的特殊重要性。
