A dyadic analysis of anti-fat attitudes and partners' diet-related influence among gay married men.

IF 1.9 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychology & Health Pub Date : 2025-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-28 DOI:10.1080/08870446.2024.2322069

Kristin J August, Josh R Novak, Charlotte H Markey, Megan B Mason, Terry Peak, Julie Gast

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Abstract

Objectives: The focus on physical appearance among gay men has potential implications for anti-fat attitudes, including those directed toward romantic partners. Partners often influence each other's behaviors including those linked to weight, but most research has examined the consequences of these influence strategies versus their antecedents. To address this research gap, we examined how men's own and their partners' anti-fat attitudes were related to both health-promoting (control) and health-compromising (undermining) types of diet-related influence and whether these associations differed by weight status.

Methods and results: Analyzing data from a cross-sectional online survey of 450 U.S. adult gay married men (225 couples), Actor-Partner Interdependence Models revealed that individuals' own anti-fat attitudes (all types) were positively associated with more frequent receipt of spousal control and undermining. Additionally, partner's fears about gaining weight were positively associated with more frequent receipt of spousal control and dislike of higher weight people and fear of gaining weight (among those of higher weight status) were positively associated with more frequent receipt of spousal undermining.

Conclusion: Our findings add to the literature on diet-related interactions among gay married men, highlight the value of examining these processes dyadically, and suggest the importance of including both members of couples in health promotion and intervention efforts.

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对已婚男同性恋的反脂态度和伴侣对饮食的影响进行的二元分析。

目的：男同性恋者对外貌的关注可能会对反胖态度产生影响，包括对恋爱伴侣的反胖态度。伴侣之间经常会相互影响对方的行为，包括与体重有关的行为，但大多数研究都是研究这些影响策略的结果与前因后果。为了弥补这一研究空白，我们研究了男性自身及其伴侣的反胖态度与促进健康（控制）和损害健康（破坏）类型的饮食相关影响之间的关系，以及这些关系是否因体重状况而有所不同：通过对 450 名美国已婚成年男同性恋者（225 对夫妇）的横断面在线调查数据进行分析，行为者-伴侣相互依赖模型显示，个人自身的反脂肪态度（所有类型）与更频繁地接受配偶的控制和破坏呈正相关。此外，伴侣对发胖的恐惧与更频繁地接受配偶的控制和不喜欢体重较高的人呈正相关，而（体重较高者）对发胖的恐惧与更频繁地接受配偶的破坏呈正相关：我们的研究结果丰富了已婚男同性恋饮食相关互动的文献，突出了从夫妻双方角度研究这些过程的价值，并表明将夫妻双方都纳入健康促进和干预工作的重要性。

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Psychology & Health Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Psychology & Health promotes the study and application of psychological approaches to health and illness. The contents include work on psychological aspects of physical illness, treatment processes and recovery; psychosocial factors in the aetiology of physical illnesses; health attitudes and behaviour, including prevention; the individual-health care system interface particularly communication and psychologically-based interventions. The journal publishes original research, and accepts not only papers describing rigorous empirical work, including meta-analyses, but also those outlining new psychological approaches and interventions in health-related fields.