女性对女性客体化与进食障碍、抑郁的关系:外观焦虑的中介作用

Effect of women’s objectification of women on eating disorder and depression:Mediating effect of appearance anxiety

采用方便取样抽取285名中国女大学生同时施测女性对女性客体化量表(WOWS)中文版、外观焦虑量表简版(AAS-BV)、进食障碍量表(EDI)和抑郁量表(SDS)。结果表明:女性对女性客体化与外观焦虑、进食障碍和抑郁均呈显著正相关(r=0.522,r=0.472,r=0.350;P<0.001),外观焦虑与进食障碍、抑郁均呈显著正相关(r=0.348,r=0.484;P<0.001);外观焦虑在女性对女性客体化与进食障碍、抑郁关系间均起部分中介作用,间接效应分别占总效应的56.4%和51.3%。结论:女性对女性客体化既可以直接作用于进食障碍、抑郁,又可以通过外观焦虑间接影响进食障碍和抑郁。

285 university female students were recruited to complete the Chinese version of women’s objectification of women scale(WOWS),in which participants were further asked to complete the appearance anxiety scale-brief version(AAS-BV),eating disorder inventory(EDI),and self-rating depression scale(SDS).Results:Women’s objectification of women had a significant positive relation with the appearance anxiety,eating disorder and depression(r=0.522,r=0.472,r=0.350;P<0.001);There was a significant positive relation between appearance anxiety,eating disorder and depression(r=0.348,r=0.484;P<0.001);The partly mediating effect upon eating disorder and depression from women’s objectification of women was moderated by appearance anxiety,and its indirect effect respectively accounts for 56.4%and 51.3%of the total effect.Conclusion:Women’s objectification of women plays an important role in the development of mental health issues in young women.Accordingly,intervention strategies that target either societal objectification practices,or educate young women to resist the pressures inherent in these practices that lead to objectification,have potentially further reaching benefits.