BACKGROUND The aim of this project was to examine the qualitative responses of adult women who had seen the feature-length documentary film 'Embrace'. In addition, to establish the potential for the documentary to be used as an intervention to improve adult body image, a naturalistic study was conducted to examine whether any differences on measures of body image were apparent among women who had, versus those who had not, seen the film. METHOD Participants were 1429 women aged 18-77 who were members of the Facebook group 'Body Image Movement' facilitated by Taryn Brumfitt, who also directed the documentary Embrace. Participants completed a cross-sectional online questionnaire regarding whether they had seen the film, their perceptions of the impact of the film on their lives and body image, and a range of standardized scales measuring psychological wellbeing. RESULTS Overall, the majority of participants had seen the film (n = 1053, 73.7%). Qualitative analysis of open-ended data asking about the changes participants made after viewing the film revealed that a large proportion (44.1%) felt they had higher levels of body appreciation and body confidence, many reported engaging less in dieting (19.6%), and some reported lowered disordered eating (2.8%), since seeing Embrace. Women who had seen the film also reported significantly higher levels of body appreciation (Body Appreciation Scale; medium effect size), and significantly lower levels of internalization of body ideals, self-objectification, body shame, and dietary restraint, than women who had not seen the film. CONCLUSIONS Adult women reported numerous positive responses to their viewing of the film. Future experimental research should explore the efficacy of Embrace as a brief and engaging intervention for improving body image in adult women.

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#Ihaveembraced：对纪录片《拥抱》及其对成年女性身体形象的潜在关联进行的试点自然主义评估。

背景技术该项目的目的是检验看过长篇纪录片《拥抱》的成年女性的定性反应。此外，为了确定该纪录片被用作改善成人身体形象的干预措施的潜力，进行了一项自然主义研究，以检查在有身体的女性与没有身体健康的女性之间，在身体图像测量方面是否存在明显差异，看了电影。方法参与者是1429名年龄在18-77岁之间的女性，她们是塔林·布鲁姆菲特（Taryn Brumfitt）主持的Facebook团体“身体形象运动”的成员，后者还导演了纪录片《拥抱》。参与者完成了有关他们是否看过电影，对电影对他们的生活和身体形象有何影响的看法的在线横截面调查表，以及一系列衡量心理健康的标准化量表。结果总体而言，大多数参与者都看过这部电影（n = 1053，73.7％）。对开放性数据的定性分析，询问参与者观看电影后所做的变化，发现很大一部分人（44.1％）感到自己的身体欣赏和自信水平较高，许多人报告的节食较少（19.6％），并且自从看到“拥抱”以来，有些人报告说他们减少了饮食失调（2.8％）。与未看过电影的女性相比，看过电影的女性的身体欣赏水平（身体欣赏量表；中等效果量）明显更高，而对身体理想，自我客体化，身体羞耻和饮食控制的内在化水平则明显较低。看过电影。结论成年女性对其观看电影的反应很多。未来的实验研究应探讨Embrace作为改善成年女性身体形象的简短而引人入胜的干预措施的功效。