Mo Qinzi Li, Bai Baoyu, Yang Lei, Bai Chengzhi, Lu Wenqian
Department of Psychology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
Arch Sex Behav. 2025 Apr;54(4):1497-1507. doi: 10.1007/s10508-025-03116-3. Epub 2025 Feb 27.
Self-objectification is a common phenomenon that has extensive adverse consequences for both women and men. The current research aimed to provide a preliminary test to see whether future orientation, a tendency to plan and consider long-term goals, could reduce people's self-objectification tendencies. In addition, we examined whether perceived meaning in life could account for this effect. These predictions were supported across three studies (N = 837) using multiple methods. In Study 1, participants who were induced to adopt a future orientation (vs. present orientation) assigned less points to attributes focusing on physical appearance. Studies 2 and 3 demonstrated the mediating role of perceived meaning in life in the relationship between future orientation and self-objectification with a correlational study (Study 2) and an experimental study (Study 3). Importantly, the predicted effects emerged among both genders. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
自我物化是一种常见现象，对男性和女性都会产生广泛的不良后果。当前的研究旨在进行一项初步测试，以探究未来导向（一种规划和考虑长期目标的倾向）是否能够降低人们的自我物化倾向。此外，我们还考察了生活意义感是否能够解释这种效应。通过三项研究（N = 837）采用多种方法，这些预测均得到了支持。在研究1中，被诱导采用未来导向（相对于当前导向）的参与者对关注外表的特质所赋予的分值更低。研究2和研究3通过一项相关研究（研究2）和一项实验研究（研究3）证明了生活意义感在未来导向与自我物化关系中的中介作用。重要的是，预测的效应在两种性别中均出现。本文还讨论了理论和实践意义。
