Regan Harvey, Keyte Rebecca, Mantzios Michael, Egan Helen
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences, Birmingham City University, Room C325, The Curzon Building, 4 Cardigan St, Birmingham, B4 7BD United Kingdom.
Mindfulness (N Y). 2023;14(3):596-605. doi: 10.1007/s12671-023-02095-7. Epub 2023 Mar 9.
Mindfulness and mindfulness-based constructs, such as self-compassion and mindful eating, have been positively associated with healthier eating and body related perceptions. Exploration of mindfulness and related concepts have not been investigated extensively in gay and bisexual men, a population where eating and body related concerns have been found to be widespread.
Participants completed an online questionnaire, assessing mindfulness, self-compassion, mindful eating, body image and body acceptance. Correlation analysis and further mediation analysis was conducted to explore the relations between these constructs within the present sample ( = 163).
A community sample showed a positive association of body image to mindfulness-based concepts, and negative to body non-acceptance, within the target population. Mediation analysis showed the role of body acceptance in explaining the relation between mindfulness, self-compassion and mindful eating to body image.
Findings highlight the importance of body acceptance when considering the development of a mindfulness or compassion-based intervention to attenuate body related issues among gay and bisexual men.
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正念以及基于正念的概念，如自我同情和正念饮食，已被证实与更健康的饮食及与身体相关的认知呈正相关。然而，在男同性恋者和双性恋男性群体中，对正念及相关概念的探索尚未得到广泛研究，而该群体中与饮食和身体相关的问题普遍存在。
参与者完成了一份在线问卷，评估正念、自我同情、正念饮食、身体意象和身体接纳度。进行了相关分析和进一步的中介分析，以探讨本样本（n = 163）中这些概念之间的关系。
在目标人群中，一个社区样本显示身体意象与基于正念的概念呈正相关，与身体不接纳呈负相关。中介分析表明身体接纳在解释正念、自我同情和正念饮食与身体意象之间的关系中所起的作用。
研究结果凸显了在考虑开展基于正念或同情的干预措施以减轻男同性恋者和双性恋男性与身体相关问题时，身体接纳的重要性。
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