A study on consciousness of adolescent girls about their body image

Objective:To determine body image satisfaction among newly entrant women students in a professional institution.Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional study using body image satisfaction described in words was undertaken, which also explored relationship with body mass index (BMI) and other selected co-variables such as socio-demographic details, overall satisfaction in life, and particularly in academic/professional life, current health status using 5-item based Likert scale. Height, weight, hip and waist circumference measurement was carried out using standard protocol. Data collection was carried through personal interview using pre-designed, pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule by female investigators during August-September 2010 and analysis carried out by computing percentages and Chi-square test.Results:Out of 96 study samples, 16.66%, 51.04%, and 32.29% girl students perceived their body image as fair, good and excellent, respectively while overall 13.54% were dissatisfied with their body image. The body image satisfaction had significant relationship with image perception (P<0.001), current general health status (P<0.001) and self weight assessment (P<0.001). Mother's education had a statistically significant (P=0.004) but negative relationship with outcome variable. Students with low weight (BMI <18.5 kg/m2) had a significantly higher (85.71%) prevalence of body image satisfaction while overweight students (BMI≤23 kg/m2) had a significantly higher (54.54%) prevalence of dissatisfaction (P<0.001).Discussion:High body image satisfaction is reported in this study and was found to be significantly related to anthropometric measurements. On an encouraging note, this level needs to be preserved for overall mental and healthy development of students. Proactive preventive measures could be initiated on personality development, acceptance of self and individual differences while maintaining optimum weight and active life style.

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“…[ 23 ] In Lucknow, 73.4% adolescent girls were satisfied with their body image, while 26.6% were dissatisfied. [ 24 ]…”

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Body image satisfaction among female college students

Goswami

Sachdeva

2012

Ind Psychiatry J

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“…For most female patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) the perspective of body deformity is a matter of special concern. Patients observe physical changes in their bodies closely and compare themselves to adolescents without scoliosis, therefore a negative self-evaluation of appearance may lead to different reactions concerning body shape such as body dissatisfaction, negative body image, concern over body size and shape (Dixit et al 2011 ). It must be emphasized that adolescence is a period which is especially vulnerable to disturbances in female body image, since in Western societies greater importance of appearance is observed among females (Davison and McCabe 2006 ; Wardle and Foley 1989 ).…”

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Patients’ and Parents’ Perceptions of Appearance in Scoliosis Treated with a Brace: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

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The perspective of trunk deformity is a matter of special concern for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients. No research group has ever reported interviewing patients and their parents regarding differences in perception of body appearance in the course of Cheneau brace treatment. We aimed to investigate the level of agreement in the field of concerns and perceptions of spinal appearance in relation to brace- and scoliosis-related data between parents and female patients with AIS, treated with a Cheneau brace, by means of the Spinal Appearance Questionnaire-pl (SAQ-pl). In this cross-sectional study forty-one pairs of parents and female patients with AIS were asked to separately complete the Polish versions of the Spinal Appearance Questionnaire-pl patient form (SAQ-pl patient form) and the SAQ-pl parent form. Age of patients was 13.60 years SD 1.60 (range 10–17). Patients scored 2.70 (SD 0.60) and parents scored 2.70 SD 0.60 in the total score of the SAQ-pl. The study groups do not differ significantly in regards to the SAQ-pl results. The percentage of consistent answers on SAQ-pl items ranges from 34.10 % (item 20) to 78 % (item 8). Height, age and brace-wearing time per day, were significantly related to the differences in the patient-parent General perception of body shape (rs = −0.51, rs = −0.34, rs = 0.36, respectively). Parents and female patients with AIS have similar concerns and perceptions of spinal appearance. The discrepancies in General perception of spinal appearance between parents and AIS females decrease with age of patient. Parental emotional support may contribute to minimizing the risk factors of psychological impairment, especially in late adolescents with AIS.

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“…A study by Swati Dixit et al, showed that 73.4% were satisfied with their current body size, and among those satisfied 32.8% were under weight and 38.4% were stunted. 4.9% under estimated their weight and 32.8% over estimated [18]. It was seen that urban subjects were more dissatisfied than their rural and slum counterparts.…”

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Body Image Perception among Adolescent students in a private School in Thrissur, Kerala

Kartha

Navya

et al. 2019

Public Health Rev: Int J Public Health Res

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Introduction: Body image perception is the way a person feels about his/her body and these feelings can be positive, negative or both. It is ever changing, and is influenced by individual and environmental factors. It can be both selfperceived or as perceived by others like family, friends, peer group, teachers etc. Objectives: To assess the body image perception of adolescents and the associated factors and to assess the effect of family, friends, peers and others on the body image perception of adolescents. Methodology: This was a cross sectional study. Four divisions from classes 9, 10, 11 and 12 of a private school, Thrissur were randomly selected. There were 179 students in total. A pretested self administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Results: The proportion of boys (50.3%) and girls (49.7%) were almost equal. In this study 65.4% of the adolescents were having normal BMI for their age.26.2% of the subjects had overweight and 8.4% of the subjects were undernourished. Varying degrees of negative body image perception was seen among 84.91% of subjects. Erroneous body size perception was seen among 36.8% of the subjects. This was statistically significant. A larger proportion of females (40.4%) compared to males (23.4%) was dissatisfied by their body size. Mean BMI was significantly higher in those who were not satisfied with their body size and those who had tried to lose weight in their past. Negative correlation was observed between body image perception and academic performance of the students. Conclusion: A high proportion of adolescents had negative body image perception. Targeted activities have to be carried out to improve their perception.

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A study on consciousness of adolescent girls about their body image

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Body image satisfaction among female college students

Body image satisfaction among female college students

Patients’ and Parents’ Perceptions of Appearance in Scoliosis Treated with a Brace: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Body Image Perception among Adolescent students in a private School in Thrissur, Kerala

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