社交媒体外貌意识对女性自我客体化与饮食失调的影响——一项网络分析研究

The Impact of Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness on Women’s Self-Objectification and Disordered Eating—A Network Analysis

目的:探讨社交媒体外貌意识、自我客体化、饮食失调三者的症状网络关系,识别网络中的中心症状和桥梁症状,为进一步减少复杂精神障碍发生提供干预靶点参考。方法:对国内1186名年轻女性进行问卷调查,运用基于R语言的网络分析方法,构建社交媒体外貌意识、自我客体化与饮食失调的网络模型,并检验网络稳定性和准确性。结果:对体重和身材的过度关注是中国年轻女性群体社交媒体外貌意识–自我客体化–饮食失调网络模型的关键中心症状。而自我客体化症状,尤其是重视外表而忽视身体感受,成为网络中的关键桥梁症状,连接了三个症状群体。结论:本研究揭示了“过度重视体重”可能对社交媒体外貌意识、自我客体化和饮食失调的共同发生起到最为关键的维持和发展作用,而自我客体化可能成为连接社交媒体外貌意识和饮食失调的关键纽带。针对性的干预可能有助于减少女性同时发展出社交媒体外貌意识、自我客体化和饮食失调的风险,降低个体发展出复杂的精神障碍的可能。

Purpose: To explore the symptomatic network relationships among appearance-related social media consciousness, self-objectification, and disordered eating, and to identify central symptoms and bridge symptoms in the network, providing intervention target references for further reducing the occurrence of complex mental disorders. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted on 1186 young women in China. Network analysis methods based on R language were employed to construct a network model of appearance-related social media consciousness, self-objectification, and disordered eating. Network stability and accuracy were also tested. Results: Overvaluation of weight and shape emerged as the key central symptom in the entire network mode. Self-objectification symptoms, especially value appearance over body feelings, emerged as critical bridge symptoms connecting the three symptom groups. Conclusion: This study reveals that “overvaluation of weight” may play a crucial role in the maintenance and development of the co-occurrence of social media appearance consciousness, self-objectification, and disordered eating. Self-objectification may serve as a key link connecting social media appearance consciousness and disordered eating. Targeted interventions may help reduce the risk of women simultaneously developing appearance-related social media consciousness, self-objectification, and eating disorders, thereby decreasing the likelihood of individuals developing complex mental disorders.