The impact of the amount of social evaluation on psychobiological responses to a body image threat |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, 345 UCB Muenzinger, Boulder, CO 80309-0345, USA;2. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284 USA;3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Colordo Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045 USA;1. School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi׳an, China;2. School of Telecommunication Engineering, Xidian University, Xi׳an, China;1. Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montreal Canada;2. Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal Canada;3. Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto Canada;4. School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada;5. Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines Canada |
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| Abstract: | The present study examined the impact of amount of social-evaluative body image threat on psychobiological responses. Women (N = 123) were randomized into an individual-threat, group-threat or no-threat condition. Participants completed a measure of state body shame and provided a sample of saliva (to assess cortisol) at baseline and following their condition. Both threat conditions had higher baseline-adjusted body shame following the threat compared to the no-threat condition; however, no difference on baseline-adjusted body shame between the threat conditions was found. The same pattern of results was found for cortisol – both threat conditions had higher baseline-adjusted response cortisol than the no-threat condition, with no significant differences between the threat groups. Findings suggest that the magnitude of psychobiological responses to a social-evaluative body image threat does not differ with the amount of social-evaluative threat (individual- versus group-threat). These findings provide insight into the context of body image threats of women. |
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| Keywords: | Shame Body image Cortisol Social self-preservation theory Women |
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