ABSTRACT

Mass media influences to achieve ideal body image are widely posited to be an antecedent of low body esteem in females. In this study, we aimed to examine the relationship between mass media influence on body image and body esteem, with a focus on the mediating role of hopeful future expectations in a sample of female adolescents. Body esteem, mass media influences on body image, and hopeful future expectations were evaluated in 280 Italian female adolescents by means of questionnaires. Mass media influences on body image are negatively associated with body esteem, and hopeful expectations for the future are positively associated with body esteem. The negative influence of mass media pressures on body esteem was partially mediated by hopeful expectations for the future. Clinicians dealing with adolescents with low body esteem may consider how female adolescents internalize sociocultural body ideals and how this internalization might affect their future expectations and body esteem.

摘要

大众媒体对实现理想身体形象的影响被广泛认为是女性低自尊的前因。在这项研究中，我们旨在研究大众媒体对身体形象和身体自尊的影响之间的关系，重点是对女性青少年样本中充满希望的未来期望的中介作用。通过问卷调查对 280 名意大利女性青少年的身体自尊、大众媒体对身体形象的影响以及对未来充满希望的期望进行了评估。大众媒体对身体形象的影响与身体自尊呈负相关，对未来的充满希望的期望与身体自尊呈正相关。大众媒体压力对身体自尊的负面影响部分是由对未来的充满希望的期望所调节的。