Department of Psychology.
J Fam Psychol. 2022 Aug;36(5):780-790. doi: 10.1037/fam0000945. Epub 2021 Dec 30.
Nearly all past research about body dissatisfaction and romantic relationship factors is among heterosexual couples; little is known about these associations in sexual minority couples. The present study aimed to fill gaps in the current literature by using actor-partner interdependence models (APIMs) to examine dyadic patterns of association between body dissatisfaction and different aspects of relationship functioning among same-sex female couples. Participants were 163 same-sex female romantic dyads (326 women) between the ages of 18-35 years who completed measures of body dissatisfaction and relationship factors. Results from significance testing of actor and partner effects indicated higher levels of women's own body dissatisfaction were associated with lower levels of their own, but not their partner's, relationship satisfaction, closeness, sexual satisfaction, and intimacy/connectedness. Significance testing alone indicated that the association between one's own body dissatisfaction and their partner's relationship satisfaction was not significant. However, dyadic pattern testing identified a partner pattern for this effect, which suggests that the association between one's own body dissatisfaction and one's own relationship satisfaction is similar in magnitude and direction as that between an individuals' own body dissatisfaction and their partner's relationship satisfaction. In this study, women's own body dissatisfaction was found to be negatively associated with their own relationship functioning, which is consistent with findings of women in male-female couples. Thus, these findings highlight the important role that body dissatisfaction plays in women's relationship experiences. More research is needed to better understand potential cross-partner effects of body dissatisfaction and relationship factors in same-sex female couples. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
几乎所有关于身体不满和浪漫关系因素的过去研究都是在异性恋夫妇中进行的；关于性少数夫妇的这些关联，知之甚少。本研究旨在通过使用演员-伙伴相互依存模型（APIM）来填补当前文献中的空白，该模型用于检验同性女性伴侣中身体不满与关系功能不同方面之间的双元关联模式。参与者是 163 对年龄在 18-35 岁之间的同性女性浪漫伴侣（共 326 名女性），他们完成了身体不满和关系因素的测量。对演员和伙伴效应的显著性检验结果表明，女性自身身体不满程度较高与自身而非伴侣的关系满意度、亲密感、性满意度和亲密感/联系感较低有关。仅显著性检验表明，一个人自身的身体不满与他们伴侣的关系满意度之间的关联不显著。然而，对偶模式测试确定了这种效应的伙伴模式，这表明一个人自身的身体不满与其自身关系满意度之间的关联在大小和方向上与个体自身的身体不满与其伴侣的关系满意度之间的关联相似。在这项研究中，女性自身的身体不满与自身的关系功能呈负相关，这与男性-女性伴侣中的女性的研究结果一致。因此，这些发现强调了身体不满在女性关系体验中所起的重要作用。需要更多的研究来更好地了解同性女性伴侣中身体不满和关系因素的潜在跨伙伴效应。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2022 APA，保留所有权利）。
