Demographic, Behavioral, and Physical Correlates of Body Esteem Among Low-Income Female Adolescents

Kornblau, Ilyse; Pearson, Heidi C.; Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.06.014

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“…There was a sense among adults and teenagers in the current survey that the lives of teens with acne are less fulfilling, with more weekend time spent alone. Adolescents with acne have reported lower scores for total body esteem, sexual attractiveness, and weight concerns than their clear-skinned colleagues [17]. …”

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Psychosocial judgements and perceptions of adolescents with acne vulgaris: A blinded, controlled comparison of adult and peer evaluations

Ritvo

Rosso

Stillman

et al. 2011

BioPsychoSocial Med

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BackgroundThe purpose of the current survey was to evaluate how teenagers and adults view teens with acne as compared to those with smooth, clear skin. We also surveyed teens and adults about their experiences with acne.MethodsWe hypothesized that teens with acne would be perceived in a more negative fashion as compared to teens with smooth, clear skin. We presented digitally altered photographs to our responders and asked how they perceived the two groups. No mention was made of acne. In the first survey (n = 1,002), both adults and teens provided their impressions on photo images of teenagers with either clear skin or acne. In the second survey (n = 1,006), the adults and teens also answered questions about their own experiences with acne.ResultsSurvey 1. With respect to impressions of photo images, the first thing teens and adults noticed about a person with acne was their skin (65% and 75%, respectively). Teenagers with acne were perceived most often by other teens and adults (teen responder %, adult responder %) as being shy (39%, 43%), nerdy (31%, 21%), stressed (24%, 20%), lonely (23%, 22%), boring (15%, 6%), unkempt (13%, 7%), unhealthy (12%, 8%), introverted (9%, 23%), and rebellious (7%, 5%).Survey 2. Most teenagers with acne (64%) felt embarrassed by it and thought that getting acne was the most difficult aspect of puberty (55%). Teenagers with acne reported lower self-confidence or shyness (71%); difficulty finding dates (43%), problems making friends (24%), challenges with school (21%), and trouble getting a job (7%).ConclusionsTeens with smooth, clear skin were rated higher on every favorable characteristic and lower on every unfavorable characteristic by both teens and adults. In most cases, the first thing that respondents noticed was the skin of teens with acne. Teenagers and adults alike perceived other teens with acne as generally being shy, less socially active, more likely to be bullied, and less successful in terms of finding a job. Overall, these results show that acne has a negative effect on the way people are perceived by others.

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“…Previously, it has been reported that people with acne suffer from a lack of confidence and self-esteem [17,18]. This survey attempted to assess whether acne changes how others perceive you.…”

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Psychosocial judgements and perceptions of adolescents with acne vulgaris: A blinded, controlled comparison of adult and peer evaluations

Ritvo

Rosso

Stillman

et al. 2011

BioPsychoSocial Med

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“…Studies have been conducted to examine the internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the BES (Franzoi & Shields, 1984;Franzoi, 1994) as well as construct, convergent, and divergent validity (Franzoi & Herzog, 1986;Franzoi & Shields, 1984;Thomas & Freeman, 1990). The Body Esteem Scale was applied to research conducted on a wider population (Haas, Pawlow, Pettibone & Segrist, 2012;Kornblau, Pearson & Breitkopf Radecki, 2007;Lipowska & Lipowski, 2006a;Pujols et al, 2010), but also on individuals struggling with health problems (Jung & Forbes, 2007;Taleporos & McCabe, 2002). Moreover, the BES is already used in many language versions (see : Franzoi & Chang, 2002;Jorquera, Baños, Perpiñá & Botella, 2005;Jung & Forbes, 2007;Kowner, 2002;Lipow ska & Lipowski, 2006a;Taleporos & McCabe, 2002); therefore we deemed it desirable to create a Polish normalization of the Body Esteem Scale.…”

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Polish normalization of the Body Esteem Scale

Lipowska¹,

Lipowski²

2014

Health Psychology Report

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Physical attractiveness plays an important part in one's social functioning. The interest in one's own appearance have been documented as widespread among the female population, but over the recent years it is more and more often emphasized that concentrating on body appearance concerns men as well. Franzoi and Shields (1984) created the Body Esteem Scale which allows to qualify the subject's attitude towards his or her own body. The aim of the study was to create a Polish version of the Body Esteem Scale along with the norms for age and sex clusters. participants and procedureThe normalization sample consisted of 4298 participants: 1865 women aged 16 to 80 (M = 29.92; SD = 12.85) and 2433 men aged 16 to 78 (M = 28.74; SD = 11.50). Education levels among the participants were also controlled for. In order to create a Polish version of the Body Esteem Scale, translation was adopted as the adaptation strategy. Like the original one, the Polish scale comprises 35 items grouped into three gender specific subscales. The subscales for women include Sexual Attractiveness, Weight Concern, and Physical Condition, whereas the body esteem of is examined with regards to Physical Attractiveness, Upper Body Strength, and Physical Condition. resultsReliability of subscales was high both for females (Cronbach's alpha from 0.80 to 0.89) and males (Cronbach's alpha from 0.85 to 0.88). The given coefficients of reliability cover the original division into subscales adopted by the authors of BES. conclusionsWe confirmed high reliability of the Polish version of the Body Esteem Scale, thus we recommend it as a diagnostic tool. Created norms allowed to refer results obtained in the course of research carried out on people with various disorders (e.g. eating disorders or body dysmorphic disorder) with population data for corresponding age brackets.

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“…The modified version of BES has also presented good psychometric validity in adolescent boys (Mendelson et al, 2001) and girls (Clark and Tiggemann, 2007;Davison et al, 2007;Kornblau et al, 2007).…”

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Body esteem in Chinese adolescents: Effect of gender, age, and weight

Pang

Lai

2012

J Health Psychol

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This study examined the associations of body esteem with gender, age, and Body Mass Index (BMI) among 905 Hong Kong adolescents using the Body-Esteem Scale (BES). Older age, male gender and lower BMI were associated with better body esteem. Multiple regression analyses indicated significant main effects of gender, age and weight on BES-Total. Significant interaction effects of gender × BMI and gender × age × BMI were also found on BES-Weight (beta = -0.149, p = .028) and BES-Total (beta = -0.139, p = .044). Improvement of body esteem with age may be associated with age-related BMI differences.

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Demographic, Behavioral, and Physical Correlates of Body Esteem Among Low-Income Female Adolescents

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Psychosocial judgements and perceptions of adolescents with acne vulgaris: A blinded, controlled comparison of adult and peer evaluations

Psychosocial judgements and perceptions of adolescents with acne vulgaris: A blinded, controlled comparison of adult and peer evaluations

Polish normalization of the Body Esteem Scale

Body esteem in Chinese adolescents: Effect of gender, age, and weight

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