Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Missouri, United States.
Department of Counseling and Learning Services, West Virginia University, United States.
Body Image. 2022 Sep;42:98-109. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.05.011. Epub 2022 Jun 7.
Using the sociocultural model and risk and resilience theory, we examined the moderating role of Latinas' family relationship quality on the associations between negative eating and weight messages from fathers, mothers, and sisters, and Latinas' body image shame. Utilizing Amazon Mechanical Turk, we recruited a sample of 195 Latina young adults (M = 23.24, range = 18 -25; SD = 1.95; 67.4 % Mexican-origin) who reported retrospectively on negative appearance-related messages from each family member (i.e., fathers, mothers, and sisters), positive (e.g., parental warmth and sibling intimacy) and negative (i.e., parental psychological control and sibling negativity) relationship quality with parents and sisters, and current body image shame. Hierarchical linear regression analyses revealed that negative eating and weight messages from fathers, mothers, and sisters and sibling negativity were positively and significantly associated with Latinas' body image shame. Further, we found that under conditions of high paternal psychological control but not low, the associations between fathers' messages and Latinas' body image shame were strengthened. For mothers, under conditions of low maternal psychological control but not high, the associations between mothers' messages and Latinas' body image shame were strengthened. Our findings reveal that family members' negative comments are harmful for Latinas' body image.
我们运用社会文化模型和风险与弹性理论，考察了拉丁裔女性家庭关系质量对来自父亲、母亲和姐妹的负面饮食和体重信息与拉丁裔女性身体意象羞耻感之间关联的调节作用。我们利用亚马逊土耳其机器人（Amazon Mechanical Turk）招募了 195 名拉丁裔年轻成年人（M = 23.24，范围为 18-25；SD = 1.95；67.4%为墨西哥裔）作为样本，他们回顾性地报告了来自每个家庭成员（即父亲、母亲和姐妹）的负面外貌相关信息，以及与父母和姐妹的积极（如父母的温暖和兄弟姐妹的亲密）和消极（如父母的心理控制和兄弟姐妹的消极）关系质量，以及当前的身体意象羞耻感。分层线性回归分析显示，来自父亲、母亲和姐妹的负面饮食和体重信息以及兄弟姐妹的消极性与拉丁裔女性的身体意象羞耻感呈正相关且显著相关。此外，我们发现，在父亲心理控制高而非低的情况下，父亲信息与拉丁裔女性身体意象羞耻感之间的关联得到了加强。对于母亲来说，只有在母亲心理控制低而非高的情况下，母亲信息与拉丁裔女性身体意象羞耻感之间的关联才会得到加强。我们的研究结果表明，家庭成员的负面评价对拉丁裔女性的身体意象是有害的。
