Department of Medical Psychology, School of Medical Humanities, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Int J Eat Disord. 2023 Aug;56(8):1520-1533. doi: 10.1002/eat.23967. Epub 2023 Apr 20.
To investigate the effectiveness of a 10-min self-compassion writing in alleviating body dissatisfaction, self-objectification, and emotional eating in young adult women engaged in emotional eating in the context of appearance-related cyberbullying.
A total of 175 Chinese young adult women (M = 20.90, SD = 1.65) were randomly assigned to one of the three groups: self-compassion, distraction, or control group. At baseline, participants completed assessments of trait and state body dissatisfaction, trait self-objectification, trait self-compassion, emotional eating, and positive and negative affect. Then they needed to recall an appearance-related cyberbullying victimization experience, after which state body dissatisfaction, state self-objectification, and positive and negative affect were measured. After the intervention, participants completed measures of state body dissatisfaction, state self-objectification, positive and negative affect, state self-compassion, and a food-choosing task. At 1-month follow-up, participants completed measures of trait body dissatisfaction, trait self-objectification, trait self-compassion, and emotional eating.
At post-intervention, state body dissatisfaction and negative affect were significantly lower, and positive affect was significantly higher in both the self-compassion and distraction groups compared to control. State self-objectification was significantly lower in the self-compassion group than in the other two groups. At 1-month follow-up, the self-compassion group showed significantly lower levels of body dissatisfaction than the control group.
The findings provide initial evidence for the potential of self-compassion writing in reducing state self-objectification and state body dissatisfaction in the context of appearance-related cyberbullying.
Appearance-related cyberbullying, a common phenomenon in social networking sites, has been documented to associate with appearance-related concerns and disordered eating in young adult women. However, effective interventions that can reduce these negative associations are scarce. This study preliminarily found that a brief self-compassion writing could be a potential intervention for reducing state self-objectification and state body dissatisfaction in young adult women who had suffered appearance-related cyberbullying.
探讨 10 分钟自我同情写作对减轻与外貌相关网络欺凌背景下的年轻成年女性情绪性进食相关的身体不满、自我客体化和情绪性进食的有效性。
共有 175 名中国年轻成年女性（M=20.90，SD=1.65）被随机分配到自我同情组、分心组或对照组。在基线时，参与者完成了特质和状态身体不满、特质自我客体化、特质自我同情、情绪性进食以及积极和消极情绪的评估。然后，他们需要回忆一次与外貌相关的网络欺凌受害经历，之后测量状态身体不满、状态自我客体化和积极与消极情绪。干预后，参与者完成了状态身体不满、状态自我客体化、积极和消极情绪、状态自我同情以及食物选择任务的测量。在 1 个月的随访中，参与者完成了特质身体不满、特质自我客体化、特质自我同情和情绪性进食的测量。
在干预后，与对照组相比，自我同情组和分心组的状态身体不满和消极情绪显著降低，积极情绪显著升高。自我同情组的状态自我客体化显著低于其他两组。在 1 个月的随访中，自我同情组的身体不满显著低于对照组。
研究结果初步为在与外貌相关的网络欺凌背景下，自我同情写作减少状态自我客体化和状态身体不满提供了证据。
在社交网站上普遍存在的与外貌相关的网络欺凌已被记录与年轻成年女性的外貌相关问题和饮食障碍有关。然而，缺乏有效的干预措施来减少这些负面关联。本研究初步发现，短暂的自我同情写作可能是减少遭受与外貌相关的网络欺凌的年轻成年女性状态自我客体化和状态身体不满的潜在干预措施。
