Body Image Victimization Experiences and Disordered Eating Behaviors among Chinese Female Adolescents: The Role of Body
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Body Image Victimization Experiences and Disordered Eating Behaviors among Chinese Female Adolescents: The Role of Body Dissatisfaction and Depression Ximei Chen 1,2 & Yi-jun Luo 1,2 & Hong Chen 1,2
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Abstract Body image victimization experiences that include appearance-based teasing, “fat talk,” and negative comments by parents and peers have been found to be associated with female adolescents’ disordered eating behaviors. Using the perspectives of the tripartite influence model and the dual-pathway model, we aimed to investigate the effect of body image victimization experiences on disordered eating behaviors among Chinese female adolescents, as well as the potential mediating role of body dissatisfaction and depression in this association. The participants were 1399 students (Mage = 13.10 years, range = 11–17) who completed assessments of body image victimization experiences, body dissatisfaction, depression, and disordered eating behaviors. The results indicated that, after controlling for age and body mass index, body image victimization experiences were positively associated with cognitive restraint eating, emotional eating, and uncontrolled eating. Body image victimization experiences influenced cognitive restraint eating through the mediating effect of body dissatisfaction and influenced emotional eating and uncontrolled eating through (a) the mediating effect of depression and (b) the serial mediating effect of body dissatisfaction and depression. These results suggest that programs aiming to prevent and reduce verbal victimization should further regard body image victimization as a key target and that intervention measures for disordered eating behaviors could help promote a better body image among young women and direct them to relieve negative affect through emotion regulation strategies. Keywords Body image victimization experiences . Body dissatisfaction . Depression . Disordered eating behaviors . Female adolescents
Currently, disordered eating behaviors are relatively widespread and typically emerge during adolescence (Smink et al. 2014). As reported in recent research with 2298 Australian adolescents (ages 13 to 17), from 2013 to 2014, 31.6% have engaged in disordered eating, and this behavior is more common among young women than among young men (Sparti et al. 2019). During early adolescence, alongside the onset of puberty, weight and adipose tissue (body fat) Ximei Chen and Yi-jun Luo contributed equally to the study. They should be regarded as joint first authors. * Hong Chen [email protected] 1
Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China
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School of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, China
increases the conflict with a thin feminine ideal and, for some female adolescents, contributes to increases in perceived appearance pressure, body dissatisfaction, and negative affect (Thompson et al
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