Centre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioural Intervention, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
Eat Weight Disord. 2022 May;27(4):1359-1366. doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01274-6. Epub 2021 Jul 23.
Adolescence has been stated as a period in which body image and eating difficulties' have its greatest expression, especially in females. Nonetheless, protective factors, such as body appreciation and compassion, are not thoroughly studied in this developmental stage. The current study hypothesized that competences for self-compassion and receiving others' compassion associate positively with social safeness, and the three variables with body appreciation. Moreover, the association between body appreciation and disordered eating was analysed. A sample of Portuguese female adolescents was used.
205 participants, aged between 12 and 18, completed a set of self-report measures in the school context. Data were explored via descriptive, correlational and path analysis.
Path analysis indicated that self-compassion and receiving compassion from others associate positively with feelings of social safeness which, in turn, associate with higher body appreciation. All the variables in study associated indirectly and negatively with disordered eating, and body appreciation presented a direct and negative association with disordered eating.
Findings of the current study may suggest the pertinence of developing programs for female adolescents that include the cultivation of compassionate and affiliative skills to promote positive body image and to prevent or intervene with disordered eating symptoms, with potential effects on overall well-being and mental health.
Cross-sectional descriptive study, Level V.
青春期被认为是身体意象和饮食困难表现最为突出的时期，尤其是在女性中。然而，在这一发展阶段，身体欣赏和同情心等保护因素并没有得到充分研究。本研究假设，自我同情和接受他人同情的能力与社交安全感正相关，这三个变量与身体欣赏正相关。此外，还分析了身体欣赏与饮食失调之间的关系。研究采用了葡萄牙女性青少年的样本。
在学校环境中，205 名年龄在 12 至 18 岁之间的参与者完成了一组自我报告的测量。通过描述性、相关性和路径分析来探索数据。
路径分析表明，自我同情和接受他人的同情与社交安全感呈正相关，而社交安全感又与更高的身体欣赏感相关。研究中的所有变量都与饮食失调呈间接和负相关，而身体欣赏与饮食失调呈直接和负相关。
本研究的结果可能表明，为女性青少年开发包括培养同情和亲和技能的项目具有相关性，以促进积极的身体意象，预防或干预饮食失调症状，从而对整体幸福感和心理健康产生潜在影响。
横断面描述性研究，等级 V。
