Appearance Orientation and Dating Anxiety in Emerging Adults: Considering the Roles of Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity, Social Physique Anxiety, and Self-Compassion
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Viren Swami
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机构:Anglia Ruskin University,School of Psychology and Sport Science
Viren Swami
David Barron
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机构:Anglia Ruskin University,School of Psychology and Sport Science
David Barron
Adrian Furnham
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机构:Anglia Ruskin University,School of Psychology and Sport Science
Adrian Furnham
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[1] Anglia Ruskin University,School of Psychology and Sport Science
[2] Perdana University,Centre for Psychological Medicine
[3] Norwegian Business School,Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour
Dating anxiety;
Appearance-based rejection sensitivity;
Social physique anxiety;
Self-compassion;
Moderated mediation;
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Emerging research has suggested that appearance-related factors, such as greater appearance orientation, are associated with dating anxiety in emerging adults, but much more could be done to understand mechanistic pathways and potential buffers. Here, we tested a moderated mediation model in which appearance-based rejection sensitivity and social physique anxiety were explored as mediators, and self-compassion was explored as a moderator, of the relationship between appearance orientation and dating anxiety. A total of 501 heterosexual emerging adults (248 women, 253 men) from the UK completed instruments measuring the aforementioned constructs. Relationships among all variables were largely similar across women and men, with only the association between social physique anxiety and appearance-based rejection sensitivity being significantly stronger in women. Mediation analysis in the total sample indicated that both social physique anxiety and appearance-based rejection anxiety were significant mediators. Additionally, we confirmed a serial mediation involving appearance orientation → appearance-based rejection sensitivity → social physique anxiety → dating anxiety. Conversely, self-compassion did not moderate the effects of either social physique anxiety or appearance-based rejection sensitivity on dating anxiety, although greater self-compassion was moderately associated lower dating anxiety. We suggest ways in which existing interventions aimed at reducing dating anxiety could be combined with body image interventions to reduce dating anxiety in heterosocial contexts.
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Anglia Ruskin Univ, Sch Psychol & Sport Sci, East Rd, Cambridge CB1 1PT, Cambs, England
Perdana Univ, Ctr Psychol Med, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaAnglia Ruskin Univ, Sch Psychol & Sport Sci, East Rd, Cambridge CB1 1PT, Cambs, England
Swami, Viren
Barron, David
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Perdana Univ, Ctr Psychol Med, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaAnglia Ruskin Univ, Sch Psychol & Sport Sci, East Rd, Cambridge CB1 1PT, Cambs, England
Barron, David
Furnham, Adrian
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Norwegian Business Sch, Dept Leadership & Org Behav, Oslo, NorwayAnglia Ruskin Univ, Sch Psychol & Sport Sci, East Rd, Cambridge CB1 1PT, Cambs, England
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Minist Educ, Key Lab Brain Cognit & Educ Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
South China Normal Univ, Ctr Studies Psychol Applicat, Sch Psychol, Guangdong Key Lab Mental Hlth & Cognit Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
South China Normal Univ, Guangdong Key Lab Mental Hlth & Cognit Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R ChinaMinist Educ, Key Lab Brain Cognit & Educ Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
Gao, Jie
Feng, Yi
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Cent Univ Finance & Econ, Mental Hlth Ctr, Beijing, Peoples R China
Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R ChinaMinist Educ, Key Lab Brain Cognit & Educ Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
Feng, Yi
Xu, Shicun
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Jilin Univ, Northeast Asian Res Ctr, Changchun, Peoples R China
Jilin Univ, Northeast Asian Studies Coll, Dept Populat Resources & Environm, Changchun, Peoples R China
Jilin Univ, China Ctr Aging Studies & Social Econ Dev, Changchun, Peoples R ChinaMinist Educ, Key Lab Brain Cognit & Educ Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
Xu, Shicun
Wilson, Amanda
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De Montfort Univ, Fac Hlth & Life Sci, Div Psychol, Leicester, EnglandMinist Educ, Key Lab Brain Cognit & Educ Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
Wilson, Amanda
Li, Hui
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Jilin Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Changchun, Peoples R ChinaMinist Educ, Key Lab Brain Cognit & Educ Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
Li, Hui
Wang, Xiaofeng
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Jilin Univ, Northeast Asian Res Ctr, Changchun, Peoples R ChinaMinist Educ, Key Lab Brain Cognit & Educ Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
Wang, Xiaofeng
Sun, Xi
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Jilin Univ, Northeast Asian Studies Coll, Dept Populat Resources & Environm, Changchun, Peoples R ChinaMinist Educ, Key Lab Brain Cognit & Educ Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
Sun, Xi
Wang, Yuanyuan
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Minist Educ, Key Lab Brain Cognit & Educ Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
South China Normal Univ, Ctr Studies Psychol Applicat, Sch Psychol, Guangdong Key Lab Mental Hlth & Cognit Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
South China Normal Univ, Guangdong Key Lab Mental Hlth & Cognit Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R ChinaMinist Educ, Key Lab Brain Cognit & Educ Sci, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
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Cairnmillar Inst, Sch Psychol Counselling & Psychotherapy, Camberwell, Vic 3124, AustraliaAustralian Catholic Univ, Sch Psychol, 115 Victoria Parade,Locked Bag 4115, Melbourne, Vic 3065, Australia
Braithwaite, Rachel
Cousins, Rachel
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Cairnmillar Inst, Sch Psychol Counselling & Psychotherapy, Camberwell, Vic 3124, AustraliaAustralian Catholic Univ, Sch Psychol, 115 Victoria Parade,Locked Bag 4115, Melbourne, Vic 3065, Australia
Cousins, Rachel
Brennan, Leah
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Australian Catholic Univ, Sch Psychol, 115 Victoria Parade,Locked Bag 4115, Melbourne, Vic 3065, Australia
Ctr Eating Weight & Body Image, Melbourne, Vic, AustraliaAustralian Catholic Univ, Sch Psychol, 115 Victoria Parade,Locked Bag 4115, Melbourne, Vic 3065, Australia
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Anglia Ruskin Univ, Sch Psychol & Sport Sci, East Rd, Cambridge CB1 1PT, Cambs, England
Perdana Univ, Ctr Psychol Med, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaAnglia Ruskin Univ, Sch Psychol & Sport Sci, East Rd, Cambridge CB1 1PT, Cambs, England
Swami, Viren
Robinson, Charlotte
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Univ Bath, Dept Psychol, Bath, Avon, EnglandAnglia Ruskin Univ, Sch Psychol & Sport Sci, East Rd, Cambridge CB1 1PT, Cambs, England
Robinson, Charlotte
Furnham, Adrian
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Norwegian Business Sch, Dept Leadership & Org Behav, Oslo, NorwayAnglia Ruskin Univ, Sch Psychol & Sport Sci, East Rd, Cambridge CB1 1PT, Cambs, England