The impact of fashion clothing involvement and self-objectification on women’s mental health: A cross-sectional study among Brazilian women

IF 5.4 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY

Body Image Pub Date : 2025-08-31 DOI:10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101955

Debora Blaso , Nicole Paraskeva , Paul White , Helena Lewis-Smith

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Abstract

Brazilian women experience a high level of appearance pressures, which are associated with risky health behaviours and adverse outcomes. Yet, the involvement with fashion clothing, a central aspect of appearance-related practices, has not undergone exploration among Brazilian women. This evokes concern, due to the popularity of image consulting interventions (providing advice on clothing, style, and colour coordination), which could be potentially harmful, given the current lack of understanding regarding the impact of fashion clothing involvement on body image and mental health. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore these associations, whereby 710 Brazilian women (M age = 34.20, SD= 8.70) completed measures of fashion clothing involvement, self-objectification, body shame, disordered eating attitudes, self-esteem and acceptance of cosmetic surgery. Bivariate correlations revealed associations between higher fashion clothing involvement and higher self-objectification, higher acceptance of cosmetic surgery and higher self-esteem. Partial correlations, controlling for self-objectification, revealed higher fashion clothing involvement to be associated with higher self-esteem, lower body shame and lower disordered eating attitudes. Confounding testing suggested that the fashion clothing involvement negative associations may be partially explained by self-objectification. Overall, findings suggest that fashion clothing involvement may be positively or negatively associated with Brazilian women’s mental health, highlighting the need for future research to further elucidate this complex relationship.

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时尚服装参与和自我物化对女性心理健康的影响：巴西女性的横断面研究

巴西妇女承受着很大的外貌压力，这与危险的健康行为和不良后果有关。然而，对时尚服装的参与，这是与外表有关的实践的一个核心方面，还没有在巴西妇女中进行过探索。这引起了人们的关注，因为形象咨询干预（提供关于服装、风格和色彩协调的建议）的普及可能是有害的，因为目前人们对时尚服装对身体形象和心理健康的影响缺乏了解。因此，本研究旨在探讨这些关联，710名巴西女性（M年龄= 34.20，SD= 8.70）完成了时尚服装参与、自我物化、身体羞耻、饮食失调态度、自尊和接受整容手术的测量。双变量相关性揭示了较高的时尚服装参与度与较高的自我物化、较高的整容接受度和较高的自尊之间的关联。在不影响自我物化的情况下，部分相关研究显示，越喜欢穿时尚服装的人，自尊心越强，对身体的羞耻感越低，饮食失调的态度也越少。混杂测试表明，时尚服装的负面关联可以部分地用自我物化来解释。总体而言，研究结果表明，时尚服装的参与可能与巴西女性的心理健康呈正相关或负相关，这突出了未来研究进一步阐明这种复杂关系的必要性。

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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.