Fardouly Jasmine, Levin Talia, Vartanian Lenny R, Rapee Ronald M
School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia; School of Psychology, University of Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia.
School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia.
Body Image. 2024 Dec;51:101800. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101800. Epub 2024 Oct 13.
This study systematically separated the effects of body size and sexualisation in social media images on women's body image. Young women (18-25 years, N = 194) viewed 10 social media images of either (1) sexualised women in larger bodies; (2) non-sexualised women in larger bodies; (3) sexualised women in smaller bodies; or (4) non-sexualised women in smaller bodies. Participants completed pre- and post-exposure measures of body image and related constructs. Thin ideal internalisation was examined as a moderator of those effects. The body size of the women in the images was more influential than how sexualized their bodies were presented. Regardless of sexualisation, viewing images of women with smaller bodies was negative for appearance satisfaction, negative mood, and body appreciation, and viewing women with larger bodies was positive for body appreciation and neutral for appearance satisfaction and mood. The impact of body size on appearance satisfaction was stronger for those high in thin ideal internalisation. Women with larger bodies were perceived more positively than those with smaller bodies. However, participants' self-objectification increased in all conditions. Thus, while viewing images of women with larger bodies provides promise for improving social media, further research is needed before it is recommended broadly.
本研究系统地分离了社交媒体图像中体型和女性形象对女性身体意象的影响。年轻女性（18至25岁，N = 194）观看了10张社交媒体图像，这些图像分别为：（1）体型较大的性感女性；（2）体型较大的非性感女性；（3）体型较小的性感女性；或（4）体型较小的非性感女性。参与者在接触图像前后完成了身体意象及相关构念的测量。将瘦理想内化作为这些影响的调节变量进行了检验。图像中女性的体型比其身体呈现的性感程度更具影响力。无论是否性感化，观看体型较小女性的图像会对外观满意度、消极情绪和身体欣赏产生负面影响，而观看体型较大女性的图像则对身体欣赏产生积极影响，对外观满意度和情绪产生中性影响。对于瘦理想内化程度高的人来说，体型对外观满意度的影响更强。体型较大的女性比体型较小的女性得到更积极的评价。然而，在所有条件下参与者的自我物化都有所增加。因此，虽然观看体型较大女性的图像有望改善社交媒体，但在广泛推荐之前还需要进一步研究。
