Explaining the prospective paths from body appreciation to intuitive eating facets: Does body image flexibility serve as a mediator?

IF 5.2 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY
Nicole Behrend , Jennifer B. Webb , Petra Warschburger
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Abstract

Initial evidence suggests that body appreciation prospectively predicts intuitive eating. However, the limited number of longitudinal studies focused solely on girls and women, with a lack of evaluation among men. Furthermore, the underlying mechanisms explaining this relationship remain poorly understood. The present study examined whether body appreciation prospectively predicted intuitive eating facets among women and men in Germany. We also tested whether adaptive affect regulation skills (i.e., body image flexibility) mediated these relationships. We analyzed data from 1436 women and 704 men across three time points: Baseline (T1), 6-month (T2), and 12-month (T3) follow-up, using latent variable path models to assess direct and indirect effects. Among women, T1 body appreciation directly predicted T3 body–food choice congruence. Additionally, body appreciation indirectly predicted unconditional permission to eat, eating for physical rather than emotional reasons, and reliance on hunger and satiety cues at T3 via its effect on T2 body image flexibility. Among men, T1 body appreciation indirectly predicted T3 eating for physical rather than emotional reasons via T2 body image flexibility. Our findings suggest that body image flexibility plays a pivotal role in explaining why individuals who appreciate their bodies are more likely to eat intuitively.

解释从身体欣赏到直觉饮食的前瞻性路径:身体形象灵活性是中介吗?
初步证据表明,身体鉴赏力可预测直觉饮食。然而,数量有限的纵向研究仅关注女孩和女性,缺乏对男性的评估。此外,人们对解释这种关系的内在机制仍然知之甚少。本研究考察了身体鉴赏力是否能预测德国女性和男性的直觉饮食特征。我们还测试了适应性情绪调节技能(即身体形象灵活性)是否对这些关系起到了中介作用。我们分析了 1436 名女性和 704 名男性在三个时间点的数据:我们使用潜变量路径模型来评估直接和间接效应。在女性中,T1 的身体鉴赏力直接预测了 T3 的身体-食物选择一致性。此外,身体鉴赏通过对 T2 身体形象灵活性的影响,间接预测了无条件允许进食、出于身体原因而非情感原因进食以及在 T3 阶段对饥饿和饱腹提示的依赖。在男性中,T1 身体鉴赏力通过 T2 身体形象灵活性间接预测了 T3 出于身体原因而非情绪原因的进食。我们的研究结果表明,身体形象灵活性在解释为什么欣赏自己身体的人更有可能凭直觉进食方面起着关键作用。
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Body Image
Body Image Multiple-
CiteScore
8.70
自引率
28.80%
发文量
174
期刊介绍: Body Image is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality, scientific articles on body image and human physical appearance. Body Image is a multi-faceted concept that refers to persons perceptions and attitudes about their own body, particularly but not exclusively its appearance. The journal invites contributions from a broad range of disciplines-psychological science, other social and behavioral sciences, and medical and health sciences. The journal publishes original research articles, brief research reports, theoretical and review papers, and science-based practitioner reports of interest. Dissertation abstracts are also published online, and the journal gives an annual award for the best doctoral dissertation in this field.
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