Hill A J, Pallin V
Division of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
Int J Eat Disord. 1998 Dec;24(4):405-13. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199812)24:4<405::aid-eat7>3.0.co;2-d.
Since weight concerns and dieting are apparent before adolescence, this study examined the factors predictive of early dieting awareness. It was hypothesized that early dieting awareness would be negatively associated with perceived self-worth, particularly in girls.
One hundred seventy six 8-year-old children (86 girls, 90 boys) completed assessments of body shape preference, body and self-esteem, dieting awareness, and body weight and height.
Children were more likely to advise a fictitious character, "Mary-Jane," to diet than they were to report dieting themselves. However, self-endorsed dieting was more strongly correlated with negative self-perception, especially in girls. Significant predictors of dieting awareness in girls included global self-worth (negatively), body mass index (BMI), and frequency of mother dieting (positively).
This study supports the view that young girls are drawn to weight control to improve their self-worth, and that mothers are influential in this regard. This early pattern of association is of questionable acceptability.
鉴于在青春期前体重问题和节食现象就已很明显，本研究对早期节食意识的预测因素进行了考察。研究假设早期节食意识与感知到的自我价值呈负相关，尤其是在女孩中。
176名8岁儿童（86名女孩，90名男孩）完成了对体型偏好、身体和自尊、节食意识以及体重和身高的评估。
与报告自己节食相比，儿童更有可能建议虚构人物“玛丽 - 简”节食。然而，自我认可的节食与负面自我认知的相关性更强，尤其是在女孩中。女孩节食意识的显著预测因素包括整体自我价值（负相关）、体重指数（BMI）和母亲节食频率（正相关）。
本研究支持以下观点，即年轻女孩倾向于通过控制体重来提升自我价值，且母亲在这方面具有影响力。这种早期的关联模式的可接受性存疑。
