Depressive symptoms as a moderator of fat talk and body image outcomes within mother-daughter dyads

IF 2.8 3区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Eating behaviors Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-09 DOI:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2025.102040

Madison Hannapel , Jamie M. Lawler , Eamonn Arble , Chong Man Chow

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Abstract

Objective

Adolescent girls and mothers are vulnerable to poor body image outcomes, which are often reinforced through fat talk, a self-disparaging body-related conversation. Depression may exacerbate this risk, particularly among those engaging in fat talk. This study examined the associations, among mother-daughter dyads, between fat talk and restrictive, emotional, and external disordered eating, eating disorder symptoms, and body dissatisfaction, as well as whether depression moderated these associations.

Method

104 mother-daughter dyads completed online measures. Adolescent daughters (M = 15.73 years old; SD = 2.51) and their mothers (M = 43.17 years old; SD = 8.58) were primarily white/Caucasian.

Results

Actor effects of fat talk significantly predicted all body image outcomes. Partner effects emerged only for daughters' fat talk predicting mothers' body dissatisfaction. Depression moderated the association between fat talk and restrictive eating but did not moderate other associations. However, depression did independently predict poorer body image outcomes.

Discussion

Findings highlight the importance of studying mother-daughter dyads and capturing how psychopathology contributes to subclinical eating disordered behaviors, informing risk identification for eating disorder development.

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抑郁症状对母女二代肥胖谈话和身体形象结果的调节作用。

目的：青春期的女孩和母亲很容易受到身体形象不佳的影响，而这种不佳往往会通过“肥胖谈话”（一种自我贬低的与身体有关的谈话）得到强化。抑郁症可能会加剧这种风险，尤其是那些喜欢闲聊的人。本研究调查了母女二人组中肥胖谈话与限制性、情绪性和外在饮食失调、饮食失调症状和身体不满意之间的联系，以及抑郁是否会缓和这些联系。方法：104对母女在线完成问卷调查。青春期女儿（M = 15.73岁，SD = 2.51）及其母亲（M = 43.17岁，SD = 8.58）主要为白人/高加索人。结果：肥胖谈话的演员效应显著预测所有身体形象结果。伴侣效应只出现在女儿的肥胖谈话中，预示着母亲对身体的不满。抑郁缓和了肥胖谈话和限制性饮食之间的联系，但没有缓和其他联系。然而，抑郁确实独立预示着较差的身体形象结果。讨论：研究结果强调了研究母女二人的重要性，并捕捉精神病理学对亚临床饮食失调行为的影响，为饮食失调发展的风险识别提供信息。

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Eating behaviors Multiple-

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

3.60%

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审稿时长

60 days

期刊介绍： Eating Behaviors is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing human research on the etiology, prevention, and treatment of obesity, binge eating, and eating disorders in adults and children. Studies related to the promotion of healthy eating patterns to treat or prevent medical conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cancer) are also acceptable. Two types of manuscripts are encouraged: (1) Descriptive studies establishing functional relationships between eating behaviors and social, cognitive, environmental, attitudinal, emotional or biochemical factors; (2) Clinical outcome research evaluating the efficacy of prevention or treatment protocols.