Butler Rachel M, Kaplan Simona C, Heimberg Richard G
Social Sciences Division, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY, USA.
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Anxiety Stress Coping. 2025 May;38(3):313-325. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2024.2399086. Epub 2024 Sep 2.
Individuals at a higher weight experience greater victimization and exclusion by peers, and limited research suggests that the salience of one's body image may increase negative emotional reactions to social rejection. Additionally, social exclusion is related to higher levels of social anxiety (SA). We examined how body salience interacts with SA and weight to predict anxiety, self-esteem, and negative affect following social rejection.
Participants were undergraduate women ( = 186). We explored the interactive effects of SA, body mass index (BMI), and body salience (i.e., face versus body photo condition) on emotional response to exclusion in a social ostracism paradigm, Cyberball. BMI and self-reported SA were collected at baseline. One week later, participants played Cyberball and reported state affect, anxiety, and self-esteem before and after the game.
The 3-way interaction of BMI, SA, and photo condition did not significantly predict post-exclusion state measures. Photo condition moderated the relationship between SA and post-exclusion anxiety and between BMI and post-exclusion anxiety.
Those with higher SA were particularly anxious following exclusion if their bodies were visible to others. Additionally, those with lower BMI experienced greater anxiety after exclusion when their body was visible than those with higher BMI.
体重较高的个体更容易受到同伴的欺侮和排斥，而且有限的研究表明，身体形象的显著性可能会增加对社会排斥的负面情绪反应。此外，社会排斥与较高水平的社交焦虑（SA）有关。我们研究了身体显著性如何与社交焦虑和体重相互作用，以预测社会排斥后的焦虑、自尊和负面影响。
参与者为本科女生（n = 186）。我们在网络投球（Cyberball）这一社会排斥范式中，探究社交焦虑（SA）、体重指数（BMI）和身体显著性（即面部照片与身体照片条件）对排斥情绪反应的交互作用。在基线时收集BMI和自我报告的社交焦虑。一周后，参与者玩网络投球，并在游戏前后报告状态情绪、焦虑和自尊。
BMI、社交焦虑和照片条件的三因素交互作用未显著预测排斥后的状态指标。照片条件调节了社交焦虑与排斥后焦虑之间以及BMI与排斥后焦虑之间的关系。
社交焦虑较高的人在被排斥后，如果身体被他人看到，会特别焦虑。此外，BMI较低的人在身体被看到时，被排斥后比BMI较高的人经历更大的焦虑。
