The mediating effect of appearance functional internalization between social comparison tendency and body image distress of college students
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20231106-00191
- VernacularTitle:外貌功能性内化在大学生社会比较倾向与体像烦恼间的中介作用
- Author:
Ruixin WANG
1
;
Mengmeng ZHAO
;
Zhenyu ZHAO
;
Shijie AI
;
Ziying WANG
;
Ying ZHANG
;
Lina LI
Author Information
1. 华北理工大学心理与精神卫生学院，唐山 063210
- Keywords:
Social comparative tendency;
Appearance functional internalization;
Body image distress;
College student;
Mediating effect
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2024;33(6):544-548
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the mediating effect of appearance functional internalization between social comparison tendency and body image distress of college students.Methods:From June to September 2023, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among 308 college students with the social comparison tendency scale, the functional internalization questionnaire of college students' appearance and the body image anxiety scale for adolescent students.SPSS 22.0 software was used for common method bias test, descriptive statistics and correlation analysis, Mplus 8.0 was used for structural equation construction, and Bootstrap method was used for intermediary effect analysis.Results:Body image distress (43.86±8.78) was positively correlated with social comparison tendency (35.20±6.04) and appearance functional internalization (38.35±9.68) ( r=0.35, 0.33, both P<0.01).There was also a positive correlation between social comparison tendency and appearance functional internalization ( r=0.51, P<0.01). The effect of social comparison tendency on body image distress was mediated by appearance functional internalization, and the mediating effect value was 0.137, accounted for 35.13%(0.137/0.390) of the total effect. Conclusion:The appearance functional internalization mediates the relationship between social comparison tendency and body image distress.Social comparison tendency can not only directly predict body image distress, but also can predict body image distress, indirectly through appearance functional internalization.
