The global rise in body dissatisfaction and disordered eating concerns is apparent; however, limited research in Middle-Eastern populations gives an incomplete understanding of these concerns. The present study recruited 377 young women aged 18 to 25 years from the Middle-East for an online survey to determine how female family members may contribute to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviours. Guided by the Tripartite Influence Model, we investigated the relationships between appearance pressures and fat talk, from mothers and sister(s), in predicting body dissatisfaction, and in turn, disordered eating symptomatology (restriction and bulimia), as mediated by appearance comparisons and internalisation of the thin-ideal. Overall, greater appearance pressures and fat talk from mothers and sister(s) were associated with body dissatisfaction and disordered eating symptomatology. Greater reported closeness in mother-daughter relationships, but not sister relationships, was associated with less perceived appearance pressure and fat talk by mothers, and lower appearance comparisons, body dissatisfaction and bulimia symptomatology. Finally, participants perceived greater appearance pressure from their mothers than their sister(s), but there was no difference in their perceived levels of fat talk. Findings demonstrate the applicability of a subsection of the Tripartite Influence Model in a non-Western and understudied population, namely in young Middle-Eastern women.

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我的母亲、姐妹和我：调查女性家庭成员在中东年轻女性身体不满意和饮食失调行为中的作用

全球对身体不满意和饮食失调的担忧明显上升；然而，对中东人群的有限研究未能完全理解这些问题。本研究招募了 377 名来自中东、年龄在 18 至 25 岁的年轻女性进行在线调查，以确定女性家庭成员如何导致对身体的不满和饮食行为紊乱。在三方影响模型的指导下，我们研究了外表压力和来自母亲和姐妹的肥胖言论之间的关系，以预测身体不满意，进而研究饮食失调症状（限制和暴食症），以外表比较和饮食为中介。薄理想的内在化。总体而言，母亲和姐妹更大的外表压力和肥胖言论与身体不满意和饮食失调症状相关。母女关系（而非姐妹关系）的亲密程度越高，与母亲较少感知到的外表压力和肥胖言论以及较低的外表比较、身体不满和贪食症症状相关。最后，参与者感受到来自母亲的外表压力比姐妹更大，但他们对肥胖谈话的感知水平没有差异。研究结果表明，三方影响模型的一部分适用于非西方和未被充分研究的人群，即年轻的中东女性。