Previous work has suggested that self-compassion mediates the relationship between attachment anxiety and body appreciation but is limited by a reliance on college women from North America. To extend existing knowledge, we examined associations between peer and romantic partner attachment anxiety, self-compassion, and body appreciation in a community sample of women and men from Israel. A total of 597 adults (353 women, 244 men; age M = 29.45 years) completed Hebrew translations of measures of romantic partner and peer attachment anxiety, self-compassion, and body appreciation. Path analysis indicated that a model in which self-compassion mediated relationships between peer and romantic partner attachment anxiety – in parallel – and body appreciation had poor fit. However, mediation analysis indicated that self-compassion mediated relationships between peer and romantic partner attachment anxiety – in isolation – and body appreciation in isolation. These results highlight the importance of considering interpersonal dynamics in models of positive body image and point to possible interventionist routes for promoting greater body appreciation.

先前的研究表明，自我同情会介导依恋焦虑与身体欣赏之间的关系，但受到对北美大学女性的依赖而受到限制。为了扩展现有知识，我们在来自以色列的男女样本中研究了同伴和浪漫伴侣的依恋焦虑，自我同情和身体欣赏之间的关联。共有597位成人（353位女性，244位男性；M岁） = 29.45岁）完成了希伯来语译文，该译文对浪漫伴侣和同伴依恋焦虑，自我同情和身体欣赏的测量进行了翻译。路径分析表明，在同伴和浪漫伴侣依恋焦虑之间（自我平行）介导的自我同伴关系与身体欣赏之间的关系较差。但是，调解分析表明，同情和浪漫伴侣的依恋焦虑（独立存在）和身体欣赏（独立存在）之间的自我同情介导的关系。这些结果突出了在积极的身体形象模型中考虑人际动态的重要性，并指出了可能的干预主义途径，以促进更大的身体欣赏。