Striegel-Moore R H, Silberstein L R, Rodin J
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459-0408.
J Abnorm Psychol. 1993 May;102(2):297-303. doi: 10.1037//0021-843x.102.2.297.
Bulimic women appear preoccupied not only with their physical presentation but also with their "social self"--how others perceive them in general. This study examined the relationship of the social self to body esteem and to bulimia nervosa. In Phase 1, in which 222 nonclinical women (aged 16 to 50) participated, the social-self measures of Perceived Fraudulence, Social Anxiety, and Public Self-Consciousness were negatively associated with body esteem. In Phase 2, 34 bulimic women were compared with 33 Ss scoring high on the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and 67 matched control. Bulimic Ss, high-EAT Ss, and control Ss all differed on Perceived Fraudulence, and bulimic Ss and high-EAT Ss scored higher than control Ss on Public Self-Consciousness and Social Anxiety. The findings strongly support the hypothesized link of social-self concerns to body dissatisfaction and bulimia nervosa.
患有神经性贪食症的女性似乎不仅关注自己的外在形象,还在意自己的“社交自我”——即他人对她们的总体看法。本研究探讨了社交自我与身体自尊以及神经性贪食症之间的关系。在第一阶段,222名非临床女性(年龄在16至50岁之间)参与其中,她们在“感知到的虚伪”“社交焦虑”和“公众自我意识”等社交自我测量指标上与身体自尊呈负相关。在第二阶段,将34名神经性贪食症女性与33名在饮食态度测试(EAT)中得分较高的受试者以及67名匹配的对照组进行比较。神经性贪食症受试者、高EAT得分受试者和对照组在“感知到的虚伪”方面均存在差异,且神经性贪食症受试者和高EAT得分受试者在“公众自我意识”和“社交焦虑”方面的得分高于对照组。这些发现有力地支持了社交自我关注与身体不满及神经性贪食症之间的假设联系。