Reflections on the mirror: associations among body image rumination, sleep quality, and self-reported physical health.

IF 1.9 3区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Psychology Health & Medicine Pub Date : 2025-08-22 DOI:10.1080/13548506.2025.2546588

Abigail R Hardy, Jean M Lamont

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Abstract

Poor body image, a common occurrence across the lifespan, has been linked to poor physical health. Rumination, or perseverative thinking about negative events that have already happened, has also been tied to poor health. Thus, body image rumination, or perseverative thinking about negative body image-related events specifically, may also be linked to poor health. However, this potential link remains unexamined. Moreover, as sleep may be disrupted by both poor body image and rumination, poor sleep quality may mediate this link. To test this, undergraduate and community (Prolific) participants (N = 611, age M = 28.01, SD = 13.64) completed online questionnaires. As expected, body image rumination predicted poorer self-rated general health (b = -0.22, r² = 0.14) and physical functioning (b = -0.28, r² = 0.10), and those relationships were mediated by poor sleep quality, general health indirect effect -0.04 (SE = 0.14), 99%CI [-0.082, -0.010], physical functioning indirect effect, -0.04 (SE = 0.14), 99%CI [-0.083, -0.010], even when controlling for BMI, gender, and sample. This study begins to fill the gap in literature regarding body image rumination and physical health and identifies sleep as a potential mechanism in this relationship.

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对镜子的反思：身体形象反刍、睡眠质量和自我报告的身体健康之间的联系。

糟糕的身体形象是一生中常见的现象，与身体健康状况不佳有关。反复思考，或对已经发生的负面事件的持续思考，也与健康状况不佳有关。因此，身体形象反刍，或者持续地思考与身体形象有关的负面事件，也可能与健康状况不佳有关。然而，这种潜在的联系仍未得到证实。此外，由于糟糕的身体形象和反刍都可能扰乱睡眠，所以糟糕的睡眠质量可能是这种联系的中介。为了验证这一点，大学生和社区（多产）参与者（N = 611，年龄M = 28.01, SD = 13.64）完成了在线问卷调查。正如预期的那样，身体形象反刍预测较差的自我评价一般健康（b = -0.22, r2 = 0.14）和身体功能（b = -0.28, r2 = 0.10），这些关系被睡眠质量差、一般健康间接影响-0.04 （SE = 0.14）、99%CI[-0.082, -0.010]、身体功能间接影响-0.04 （SE = 0.14）、99%CI[-0.083, -0.010]介导，即使在控制BMI、性别和样本的情况下也是如此。本研究填补了关于身体形象反刍与身体健康的文献空白，并确定睡眠是这一关系的潜在机制。

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Psychology Health & Medicine PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

6.20

自引率

0.00%

发文量

200

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Psychology, Health & Medicine is a multidisciplinary journal highlighting human factors in health. The journal provides a peer reviewed forum to report on issues of psychology and health in practice. This key publication reaches an international audience, highlighting the variation and similarities within different settings and exploring multiple health and illness issues from theoretical, practical and management perspectives. It provides a critical forum to examine the wide range of applied health and illness issues and how they incorporate psychological knowledge, understanding, theory and intervention. The journal reflects the growing recognition of psychosocial issues as they affect health planning, medical care, disease reaction, intervention, quality of life, adjustment adaptation and management. For many years theoretical research was very distant from applied understanding. The emerging movement in health psychology, changes in medical care provision and training, and consumer awareness of health issues all contribute to a growing need for applied research. This journal focuses on practical applications of theory, research and experience and provides a bridge between academic knowledge, illness experience, wellbeing and health care practice.