Assessing the Role of Body Image Coping Strategies as Mediators or Moderators of the Links Between Self-Objectification, Body Shame, and Well-Being

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• 作者：Becky L. Choma ; Claire Shove ; Michael A. Busseri ; Stanley W. Sadava and Ashley Hosker
• 关键词：Body shame ; Coping ; Mental health ; Self ; objectification ; Subjective well ; being
• 刊名：Sex Roles
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：November, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：61
• 期：9-10
• 页码：699-713
• 全文大小：248.6 KB

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We examined self-objectification in relation to well-being, and the potential moderating versus mediating role of body image coping strategies (appearance fixing, avoidance, positive rational acceptance). Undergraduate women from southern Ontario, Canada (Sample 1, n = 104; Sample 2, n = 314) completed measures of depression, disordered eating attitudes, subjective well-being, and body-image coping. Self-objectification was related to greater depression, disordered eating attitudes, and lower subjective well-being. A two-stage mediation model was supported: Body shame and body image coping strategies (appearance fixing and avoidance) partially mediated the associations between self-objectification and outcomes; appearance fixing and avoidance partially mediated the associations between body shame and outcomes. Body image coping strategies did not moderate any of the relations between body shame and outcomes.