A recent online experiment found that, following a negative body talk induction task, receiving a response of ignoring the comment, compared with reassuring, reciprocating, and challenging, led to worse body satisfaction and socio-emotional outcomes for Australian women. The current online study aimed to replicate and extend this study by examining the effects of these four negative body talk responses on body satisfaction, shame, and future negative body talk likelihood in UK-based women. Participants (N = 156, M_age = 25.29, SD_age = 5.64, range_age = 18–40) recalled a scenario in which they engaged in negative body talk and were randomly assigned to receive one of four responses. Contrary to hypotheses, there were no significant differences in body satisfaction, shame, or future negative body talk likelihood across the four groups. Preferred negative body talk response data were mixed, with challenge and reassurance responses preferred at comparable rates, and just under a quarter of participants preferring a response outside of the original four. Possible explanations, including that the responses used in the original Australasian study may not perfectly correspond with UK women’s experiences of social interactions and heterogeneous motivations for engaging in negative body talk necessitate more nuanced and sophisticated responses, are explored.

最近的一项在线实验发现，在接受消极的身体谈话引导任务后，收到忽略评论的回应，与安慰、回报和挑战相比，导致澳大利亚女性更糟糕的身体满意度和社会情感结果。目前的在线研究旨在通过检查这四种消极的身体谈话反应对英国女性的身体满意度、羞耻感和未来消极身体谈话可能性的影响来复制和扩展这项研究。参与者（N = 156，M_年龄= 25.29，SD_年龄= 5.64，范围_年龄= 18–40) 回忆了一个场景，其中他们进行了消极的身体谈话，并被随机分配接受四种反应中的一种。与假设相反，四组在身体满意度、羞耻感或未来消极身体谈话可能性方面没有显着差异。首选的负面身体谈话反应数据喜忧参半，挑战和安慰反应的首选率相当，只有不到四分之一的参与者更喜欢原始四个之外的反应。探索了可能的解释，包括原始澳大利亚研究中使用的反应可能与英国女性的社会交往经历不完全一致，以及参与消极身体谈话的异质动机需要更细致入微和复杂的反应。