'The trend for good-looking mothers to compete with their daughters in the glamour stakesseems to be creeping into all sections of society.

　　“漂亮媽媽和女兒們比拼魅力的潮流，似乎正在潛進社會的各個階層。

　　'It’s known as the 15/50 phenomenon — because the woman may look like a teenager from behind, but she is decidedly middle-aged from the front.'

　　“于是出現了所謂的15/50現象——背后看上去像是十多歲的小女孩，正面看才知道是如假包換的中年人。”

　　Researchers questioned 343 mother and daughter pairings, with an average age of 44 for mums and 16 for the daughter.

　　研究者們訪問了343對母女，母親們的平均年齡是44歲，女兒們的平均年齡是16歲。

　　It discovered that if a mum is young at heart and fashion conscious she is more likely to view her daughter as a style expert and copy her.

　　研究發現，那些心態年輕、愛趕時髦的媽媽們更可能將自己的女兒視為時尚達人，然后模仿她的風格。

　　Dr Ayalla Ruvio, of Temple University, Philadelphia, said: 'This finding provides initial support for the notion of reverse socialization and suggests that the impact adolescents have on their parents is much more profound than has been credited to them.'

　　費城天普大學的阿亞拉 盧維歐博士說：“這一研究結果為逆社會化概念提供了初步的支持，它表明，青少年對其父母的影響，遠比人們之前認為的更加深遠。”