Individuals who perceive themselves as “overweight” experience higher negative body-related self-conscious emotions than those who do not. Theoretical and empirical evidence suggests internalized weight stigma may be an important mediator of the relationship between weight perception and self-conscious emotions. Overcoming common measurement limitations and sampling limitations, the present study investigated whether gender moderates the associations among weight perceptions, internalized weight stigma, and negative body-related self-conscious emotions in 104 young adults (64 % women). Individuals who perceived themselves as too heavy (52 %) experienced higher body-related shame and guilt compared to those who perceived themselves as about right. Internalized weight stigma mediated these associations in women but not men, such that perceiving oneself as too heavy was associated with higher internalized weight stigma, which was associated with higher body-related shame and guilt in women. Results underscore the importance of internalized weight stigma as a potential target for intervention among women of diverse weight statuses who are prone to experiencing body-related shame and guilt.

认为自己“超重”的人比没有肥胖的人经历更高的与身体相关的负面自我意识情绪。理论和经验证据表明，内在的体重柱头可能是体重知觉与自我意识情绪之间关系的重要中介。克服了常见的测量限制和抽样限制，本研究调查了性别是否在104名年轻成年人（64％女性）中减轻了体重知觉，内在的体重柱头和负面的与身体相关的自我意识情绪之间的联系。与认为自己是正确的人相比，认为自己太重的人（52％）遭受与身体相关的耻辱和内感更高。内在的体重烙印在女性而非男性中介导了这些关联，因此，认为自己太沉重会导致较高的内在化的体重耻辱感，这与女性较高的身体相关耻辱感和内感相关。结果强调了内部负重柱头作为潜在的目标的重要性，这些目标是干预容易遭受与身体相关的耻辱和内gui感的各种体重状态妇女的潜在目标。