The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and attendant lockdown mandates may have detrimental effects on body image outcomes, which in turn highlights the importance of identifying protective factors. Here, we examined associations between COVID-19-related stress and body image disturbance, as well as the potential mediating and moderating role of self-compassion. During the third lockdown in the United Kingdom, we asked an online sample of adults (N = 600) to complete measures of COVID-19-related stress, body image disturbance, and self-compassion. Mediation analysis showed that higher COVID-19-related stress was significantly associated with greater body image disturbance, and that this relationship was mediated by self-compassion. In contrast, self-compassion did not significantly moderate the effects of stress on body image disturbance. These results suggest that promoting greater self-compassion may be a viable means of mitigating adverse outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic on body image disturbance.

持续的冠状病毒 (COVID-19) 大流行和随之而来的封锁令可能对身体形象结果产生不利影响，这反过来又凸显了识别保护因素的重要性。在这里，我们研究了与 COVID-19 相关的压力与身体形象障碍之间的关联，以及自我同情的潜在中介和调节作用。在英国第三次封锁期间，我们在线询问了成年人样本 ( N = 600) 以完成与 COVID-19 相关的压力、身体形象障碍和自我同情的测量。中介分析表明，与 COVID-19 相关的较高压力与较大的身体形象障碍显着相关，并且这种关系是由自我同情所调节的。相比之下，自我同情并没有显着减轻压力对身体意象障碍的影响。这些结果表明，促进更大的自我同情可能是减轻 COVID-19 大流行对身体形象障碍的不利影响的可行方法。