研究發現 對自己乳房尺寸不滿意的女性更討厭去檢查

Women who are less happy with the appearance of their breasts are less likely to check for signs of cancer, new research finds.
一項新研究發現，那些對自己的乳房不太滿意的女性不太可能去檢查是否有癌症的跡象。

The findings also show that women who are dissatisfied with the size of their breasts are more likely to delay seeing their doctor if they do detect a change, than those who feel confident about their bodies.
研究結果還顯示，對乳房尺寸不滿的女性比那些對自己的身材有信心的女性更有可能推遲看醫生的時間。

Published in the journal Body Image, the study of 384 British women revealed that the majority of participants were unhappy with the appearance of their breasts in some way.
發表在《Body Image》雜誌上的這項對384名英國女性的研究發現，大多數參與者對自己的胸部外觀不滿意。

While 31 per cent wanted smaller breasts, 44 per cent wanted larger breasts and a third of women (33 per cent) admitted they rarely or never engage in breast self-examination.
31%的人想要更小的乳房，44%的人想要自己的乳房尺寸更大，三分之一的女性（33%）承認她們很少或從不進行乳房的自我檢查。

Worryingly, if they were to detect a change, one in 10 admitted they would either delay seeing a doctor for as long as possible, or avoid it completely (2 per cent).
令人擔憂的是，如果她們覺察到自己的胸部有什麼異樣，10%的人承認他們要麼會推遲看醫生，要麼就肯定不去看醫生（2%）。

"Our findings suggest that greater breast size dissatisfaction is significantly associated with less frequent breast self-examination, lower confidence in detecting breast change, and greater delay in seeing a doctor following breast change," said study author, Professor Viren Swami of Anglia Ruskin University.
研究報告的作者、安格利亞魯斯金大學的維倫·斯瓦米教授表示：“我們的研究結果表明，那些不讓自己滿意的乳房尺寸往往與較低頻率的自我乳房健康檢查、乳房變化的信心不足以及乳房病變後不去看醫生等因素有關。”

"For women who are dissatisfied with their breast size, having to inspect their breasts may be experienced as a threat to their body image and so they may engage in avoidance behaviours."
“對於那些對乳房尺寸不滿的女性來說，檢查她們的乳房可能會對她們的身體形象造成威脅，因此她們可能會採取迴避行爲。”