Institute of Sport Science and Innovations, Lithuanian Sports University, 44221 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Department of Physical and Social Education, Lithuanian Sports University, 44221 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Nutrients. 2022 May 26;14(11):2227. doi: 10.3390/nu14112227.
The aim of the present study was to test the moderating role of body appreciation in the mediation model of media pressures, internalization of appearance ideals, and disordered eating in adolescents. One thousand four hundred and twelve Lithuanian adolescents (40.4% were boys, age range: 15-18 years) participated in the cross-sectional study. The mean age of the sample was 16.9 (SD (standard deviation) = 0.5) for girls and 17.0 (SD = 0.4) for boys. Adolescents completed a questionnaire consisting of measures of body appreciation (Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2)), disordered eating (Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire 6 (EDE-Q 6)), attitudes towards sociocultural pressures towards appearance (Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance Questionnaire 4 (SATAQ-4)), and time browsing internet for leisure purposes. To assess the primary hypotheses, moderated mediation models were tested separately in boys and girls. In girls, body appreciation moderated associations between media pressures and internalization of thin body ideals and between internalization of thin appearance ideals and disordered eating. In boys, body appreciation moderated only the association between media pressures and disordered eating. The effect of media pressures on disordered eating was the highest in boys with the lowest body appreciation. Body appreciation protects adolescent girls from internalization of thin appearance ideals in the presence of media pressures and from disordered eating in the case of internalization of thin body appearance ideals. In boys, body appreciation provides a protective effect from media pressures towards appearance to disordered eating behaviors. The findings of the present study could inform intervention programs that aim to prevent disordered eating, strengthen positive body image, and promote healthy eating in adolescent girls and boys. Specific programs might be beneficial in preventing disordered eating in boys with low body appreciation.
本研究旨在测试身体欣赏在媒体压力、外貌理想内化和青少年饮食失调的中介模型中的调节作用。1412 名立陶宛青少年（40.4%为男生，年龄范围：15-18 岁）参与了横断面研究。样本的平均年龄为 16.9（SD）岁，女生为 16.9（SD=0.5），男生为 17.0（SD=0.4）。青少年完成了一份问卷，其中包括身体欣赏量表-2（BAS-2）、饮食失调（饮食失调检查问卷 6（EDE-Q 6））、对社会文化外貌压力的态度（社会文化外貌态度问卷 4（SATAQ-4））和为了休闲目的而浏览互联网的时间。为了评估主要假设，分别在男生和女生中测试了有调节的中介模型。在女生中，身体欣赏调节了媒体压力与瘦体理想内化之间以及瘦体理想内化与饮食失调之间的关联。在男生中，身体欣赏仅调节了媒体压力与饮食失调之间的关联。在身体欣赏最低的情况下，媒体压力对饮食失调的影响在男生中最大。身体欣赏可以保护少女免受媒体压力内化瘦外观理想的影响，也可以防止她们在内化瘦体外观理想的情况下出现饮食失调。在男生中，身体欣赏可以为他们提供免受针对外表的媒体压力的保护，从而防止出现饮食失调行为。本研究的结果可以为旨在预防饮食失调、增强积极的身体形象和促进青少年男女健康饮食的干预计划提供信息。针对身体欣赏程度低的男生的特定方案可能有助于预防饮食失调。
