超越身体形象:自我面部识别和负面的自我面部评估在女性高风险的饮食障碍
Jade Portingale1, Isabel Krug1, David Butler2,3
1School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
概括
饮食障碍 (ED) 风险较高的人表现出较差的自我面部识别和更负面的自我评价. 这些发现强调了在ED研究和治疗中解决面部和身体形象的重要性.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 饮食障碍 饮食障碍 饮食障碍 饮食障碍
背景情况:
- 面部外表对自我认知至关重要,但在饮食障碍 (ED) 患者中没有得到充分研究.
- 自我面部识别和评估是身体形象的关键组成部分.
- 了解ED中这些方面可以为临床实践提供信息.
研究的目的:
- 调查高风险和低风险EDS个体之间的自我面部识别准确度和评估的差异.
- 探索自我面部识别和评估之间的关系,以及ED风险状态是否能缓和这种关系.
主要方法:
- 222名女性 (东亚/东南亚和高加索) 被分为低风险ED (n=124) 和高风险ED (n=98) 组.
- 参与者完成了自我面部识别准确度 (难度和灵敏度) 和评估 (感知脂肪,吸引力,头部不满) 的测量.
主要成果:
- 高ED风险的个体表现出较差的自我面部识别准确度 (更大的困难) 和更负面的自我面部评估 (更高的感知脂肪,更低的吸引力,更大的头部不满).
- 勃起障碍风险与自我面部识别灵敏度没有显著关联.
- 更大的自我面部识别困难与更负面的自我面部评估相关,但这并没有受到ED风险的缓解.
结论:
- 研究结果表明,面部和身体形象的干扰在ED中是相关的.
- 考虑面部自我感知可能会增强ED研究和干预.
- 需要进一步研究面部自我感知在ED的作用.
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