Naraindas Akansha M, Moreno Marina, Cooney Sarah M
School of Psychology, University College Dublin, D04 F6X4 Dublin, Ireland.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Dec 28;14(1):25. doi: 10.3390/bs14010025.
Body image disturbance (BID) involves negative attitudes towards shape and weight and is associated with lower levels of interoceptive sensibility (IS) (the subjective perceptions of internal bodily states). This association is considered a risk factor for developing eating disorders (EDs) and is linked to altered sensorimotor representations of the body (i.e., body schema). BIDs manifest across genders and are currently understudied in men. This study investigated gender-related differences in BID and its relationship to the body schema and IS. Data were collected from 86 men and 86 women. BID was assessed using questionnaires measuring self-objectification, state, and trait body dissatisfaction. IS was measured via the MAIA-2. The body schema was indexed via an embodied mental rotation task. Results showed that women reported higher BID than men across all scales. Gender differences in sub-components of interoceptive sensibility were found. Overall, both gender and interoceptive sensibility predicted BID. However, interoceptive sensibility exhibited its own unique association with BID beyond the influence of gender. BID, IS and gender were not significant predictors of performance in the body schema task. Therefore, while gender predicts differences in BID and interoceptive sensibility, there was no evidence of gender-related differences in body schema.
身体意象障碍（BID）涉及对体型和体重的消极态度，并与较低水平的内感受性（IS）（对身体内部状态的主观感知）相关。这种关联被认为是发展为饮食失调（EDs）的一个风险因素，并且与身体的感觉运动表征改变（即身体图式）有关。BIDs在不同性别中都有表现，目前在男性中研究较少。本研究调查了BID中与性别相关的差异及其与身体图式和IS的关系。数据收集自86名男性和86名女性。使用测量自我客体化、状态和特质身体不满的问卷来评估BID。通过MAIA-2测量IS。通过一个具身心理旋转任务来索引身体图式。结果显示，在所有量表上，女性报告的BID高于男性。发现了内感受性亚成分的性别差异。总体而言，性别和内感受性都预测了BID。然而，除了性别的影响外，内感受性与BID表现出其自身独特的关联。BID、IS和性别不是身体图式任务表现的显著预测因素。因此，虽然性别预测了BID和内感受性的差异，但没有证据表明身体图式存在与性别相关的差异。
