ABSTRACT

The ubiquity and gravity of female body dissatisfaction and disordered eating has motivated countless academics and practitioners to better understand and treat these issues. Many researchers have found familial, and more specifically maternal influence, to impact daughters’ development of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. Researchers have demonstrated that mothers who struggle with body dissatisfaction and disordered eating tend to transmit and reinforce harmful weight-related attitudes and behaviours to their daughters, which has been found to result in the development of daughters’ own body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. Regardless of these findings, little research has been conducted to explore the ways in which mothers can attempt to end the intergenerational transmission of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating to daughters. As such, in this article, we call researchers and practitioners to fill this gap in knowledge.

摘要

女性身体不满和饮食紊乱的普遍性和严重性促使无数学者和从业者更好地理解和对待这些问题。许多研究人员发现，家庭，更具体地说是母亲的影响，会影响女儿对身体不满和饮食失调的发展。研究人员已经证明，与身体不满意和饮食紊乱作斗争的母亲倾向于将有害的体重相关态度和行为传递和强化给女儿，这已被发现会导致女儿对自己的身体不满意和饮食紊乱的发展。不管这些发现，很少有研究探讨母亲如何尝试结束对女儿的身体不满和饮食紊乱的代际传递。因此，在本文中，我们呼吁研究人员和从业人员填补这一知识空白。