The Effect Of Female College Students' Fat Talk On Body Dissatisfaction:the Moderating Effect Of Self-compassion

In our daily life,we often hear a conversation between female friends who are self-derogatory to their bodies and agree with thin-ideal.This phenomenon is called Fat Talk.In recent years,western scholars have begun to pay attention to the negative effects of fat talk on body dissatisfaction,but there are few related studies in China,and few scholars research the intermediate variables of fat talk and body dissatisfaction.Foreign studies have found that self-compassion plays a positive role in body image,although there is no study specifically investigate the relationship between fat talk and self-compassion,self-compassion involves being tolerant and kind to all aspects of yourself.Even if you have some shortcomings or experience setbacks and failures,you can affirm your worth,which is contrary to the characteristics of self-deprecation of the body that caused by fat talk.Therefore,this study takes self-compassion into account and explores the relationship between fat talk,body dissatisfaction and self-compassion of female college students.Firstly,a questionnaire survey was used to explore the status quo of fat talk,self-compassion,body dissatisfaction and the correlation among them.The results showed that female college students often engage in fat talk,were satisfied with their stature,and were in the middle degree of self-compassion;there is a significant positive correlation between fat talk and body dissatisfaction,there is a significant negative correlation between fat talk and self-compassion and there is a significant negative correlation between self-compassion and body dissatisfaction.Secondly,participants were asked to imagine engaging in fat talk,neutral talk,and positive talk among existing groups of friends through experimental methods.The results showed that compare with the neutral talk and positive talk,there is a negative causal relationship between hearing friends' fat talk and body dissatisfaction.and the effect of hearing friends' fat talk on body dissatisfaction were fully mediated by fat talk expression.Finally,the effects of fat talk on body dissatisfaction in subjects with different levels of self-compassion were investigated by experiments.The results showed that fat talk had a significant effect on body dissatisfaction in individuals with low self-compassion,while fat talk had no significant effect on body dissatisfaction in individuals with high self-compassion.To sum up,fat talk,body dissatisfaction and self-compassion are both related,fat talk has a negative effect on body dissatisfaction,and self-compassion plays a regulatory role in it.This conclusion enriches current studies on fat talk and body dissatisfaction and provides a new perspective for future prevention and intervention of body dissatisfaction and eating disorders.