Western University, Canada.
Western University, Canada.
Body Image. 2023 Sep;46:406-418. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.008. Epub 2023 Aug 7.
This study investigated the effects of an online self-compassionate writing intervention on stigmatizing and affirming self-views toward the body in a sample of college women (N = 254). Participants were randomly assigned to a self-compassionate writing, attentional-control writing, or wait-list control condition for one week, and completed measures of self-compassion, affirming self-perceptions, and stigmatizing self-perceptions at baseline, one-week post intervention, and one-month post intervention. A series of mixed AN(C)OVAs revealed no significant effects by condition or time on stigmatizing or affirming self-views toward the body when controlling for self-esteem, internalized weight stigma, and eating disorder symptomatology. Follow-up exploratory analyses demonstrated no significant effects by condition on the six facets of self-compassion. Notably, participants were significantly more likely to drop out from the study over time if they were lower in self-compassion and self-esteem, and higher in internalized weight stigma at baseline. These results suggest that online self-compassion writing interventions may need to be longer and more potent, especially for women with more entrenched and stigmatized views about their bodies, as well as potential boundary conditions of cultivating self-compassion in a short-term online intervention.
本研究调查了在一个女大学生样本中（N=254），在线自我同情写作干预对身体的污名化和肯定自我看法的影响。参与者被随机分配到自我同情写作、注意力控制写作或等待名单对照组一周，在基线、干预后一周和干预后一个月完成自我同情、肯定自我知觉和污名化自我知觉的测量。一系列混合的 AN(C)OVAs 显示，在控制自尊、内化体重污名和饮食障碍症状后，条件或时间对身体的污名化或肯定自我看法没有显著影响。后续的探索性分析表明，条件对自我同情的六个方面没有显著影响。值得注意的是，如果参与者在基线时自我同情和自尊较低，内化体重污名较高，那么他们随着时间的推移更有可能退出研究。这些结果表明，在线自我同情写作干预可能需要更长时间和更有效，尤其是对于那些对自己的身体有更根深蒂固和污名化看法的女性，以及在短期在线干预中培养自我同情的潜在边界条件。
