ABSTRACT

This study explored whether daughters’ perceptions of their mother’s weight-related attitudes, communication, or actions were most strongly associated with their body image issues. The results revealed that daughters’ perceptions of their mother’s frequency of fat talk (communication) and her enactment of extreme weight-loss behaviors (actions) are important factors in both daughters’ body dissatisfaction and motivation to lose weight. Mothers’ fat talk appears to have the possibility to be especially detrimental, even more so than their extreme weight-loss behaviors. Given these findings, mothers are encouraged to be especially mindful of their critical language regarding their own bodies.

摘要

这项研究探讨了女儿对母亲体重相关态度、沟通或行为的看法是否与她们的身体形象问题最密切相关。结果显示，女儿对母亲肥胖谈话（交流）频率的感知和她对极端减肥行为（行动）的制定是女儿对身体不满意和减肥动机的重要因素。母亲的肥胖言论似乎有可能特别有害，甚至比她们极端的减肥行为更有害。鉴于这些发现，鼓励母亲特别注意她们对自己身体的批评性语言。