Cunha Isabel M, Lamm Ellen, Nett Samantha, Rodgers Rachel F
APPEAR, Department of Applied Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, USA.
APPEAR, Department of Applied Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, USA; Department of Psychiatric Emergency & Acute Care, Lapeyronie Hospital, CHRU Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Centre Hospitalier Public du Cotentin, Cherbourg, France.
Body Image. 2024 Dec;51:101796. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101796. Epub 2024 Oct 3.
Body positivity refers to a movement, popularized on social media, that encourages the normalization and acceptance of bodies diverging from sociocultural ideals, specifically within marginalized communities. Previous studies suggest that briefly viewing body positive social media content may lead to increased body satisfaction and positive affect in young women relative to thin-ideal and appearance-neutral content. Diminished body functionality and appearance change due to chronic illness poses a unique challenge to positive body image in young adults living with chronic illness. Typical body positive social media content may not be useful for this community since chronic illnesses are often not outwardly depicted, so the current study aimed to examine the state effects before and after viewing body positive social media content in a sample of young women (N=201) with at least one self-reported chronic illness. Participants (Mage = 29.4, SD = 6.74; 79.2 % white) were randomly assigned to view one of two sets of 10 images: chronic illness body positive and typical body positive. Participants completed a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) pre- and post-stimuli exposure. Findings from repeated measures ANOVA revealed significant interaction between time and group for negative affect (F(1198) = 4.402, p =.037) and broad conceptualization of beauty (F(1199) = 4.288, p =.040), such that those exposed to the chronic illness stimuli reported a larger reduction in negative affect and an increase in conceptualization of beauty beyond the non-chronically ill ideal post-exposure. Thus, exposure to body positive social media content inclusive of chronic illness may be more useful in stabilizing affect and promoting greater positive body image within the community. These findings highlight the importance of inclusive body positive portrayals in terms of dimensions beyond weight and shape to account for the effects of diminished body functionality.
身体积极理念指的是一种在社交媒体上流行起来的运动，它鼓励将偏离社会文化理想身材的身体正常化并予以接纳，尤其是在边缘化群体中。以往研究表明，与瘦理想型和外观中性的内容相比，短暂浏览身体积极的社交媒体内容可能会使年轻女性的身体满意度和积极情绪增加。慢性病导致身体功能减退和外观改变，这给患有慢性病的年轻人塑造积极的身体形象带来了独特挑战。典型的身体积极社交媒体内容可能对这个群体没有用处，因为慢性病往往没有在外表上体现出来，所以当前研究旨在调查在至少患有一种自我报告慢性病的年轻女性样本（N = 201）中，浏览身体积极社交媒体内容前后的状态影响。参与者（年龄中位数 = 29.4，标准差 = 6.74；79.2%为白人）被随机分配观看两组共10张图片中的一组：慢性病身体积极型和典型身体积极型。参与者在刺激暴露前后完成了视觉模拟量表（VAS）。重复测量方差分析的结果显示，在负面影响（F(1,198) = 4.402，p = 0.037）和广义的美的概念化方面（F(1,199) = 4.288，p = 0.040），时间和组之间存在显著交互作用，即接触慢性病刺激的人在暴露后报告的负面影响减少幅度更大，美的概念化增加幅度超过了非慢性病理想状态。因此，接触包含慢性病的身体积极社交媒体内容可能在稳定情绪和促进该群体中更积极的身体形象方面更有用。这些发现凸显了包容性身体积极描绘在体重和体型之外的维度上的重要性，以考虑身体功能减退的影响。
