University of California Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, 502 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Haviland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-7358, United States.
Body Image. 2022 Jun;41:342-353. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.04.004. Epub 2022 May 9.
Although it has been demonstrated that (a) body dissatisfaction and internalization of societal appearance standards contribute to disordered eating and (b) that internalization of societal appearance standards leads to decreased skin color satisfaction among Black women, it has not been established whether skin color dissatisfaction contributes to disordered eating among Black women or girls. The objective of the present study is to determine the influence of skin color satisfaction as a potential predictor for binge eating, and its effect through body image in Black girls during the vulnerable developmental period of adolescence. Using data from ten annual measurements in 1213 Black girls across ages 10-19, we sought to determine whether skin color satisfaction predicts Binge Eating Disorder (BED) risk and symptoms using pre-registered logistic and multilevel models. We found that lower skin color satisfaction at ages 13 and 14 significantly predicted greater odds of BED and lower skin color satisfaction at all ages predicted greater BED symptoms. Body satisfaction mediated the relationship between skin color satisfaction and BED symptoms. Our results suggest that skin color dissatisfaction is a novel component of body image for Black girls that is also related to binge eating.
尽管已经证明，（a）身体不满和内化社会外貌标准导致饮食失调，以及（b）内化社会外貌标准导致黑人女性对肤色的满意度降低，但尚未确定肤色不满是否会导致黑人女性或女孩饮食失调。本研究的目的是确定肤色满意度作为暴食症的潜在预测因子的影响，以及在青春期这个易受影响的发展时期，它通过身体形象对黑人女孩的影响。本研究使用了 1213 名年龄在 10 至 19 岁的黑人女孩在十年间的十次年度测量数据，我们试图使用预先注册的逻辑和多层次模型来确定肤色满意度是否可以预测暴食症（BED）风险和症状。我们发现，13 岁和 14 岁时肤色满意度较低显著预测 BED 风险更高，而所有年龄段的肤色满意度较低则预示着 BED 症状更严重。身体满意度中介了肤色满意度与 BED 症状之间的关系。我们的结果表明，肤色不满是黑人女孩身体形象的一个新组成部分，也与暴食有关。
