Volume 11, Issue 1 (3-2024)
J Prevent Med 2024, 11(1): 60-71 |
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Hosseini F S, Nazari M, Begi R A H, Kave M H, Gharamani L, Karimi M. Relationship Between Body Image Concern and Social Self-efficacy in Iranian Female Adolescents. J Prevent Med 2024; 11 (1) :60-71
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Fateme Sadat Hosseini1 
, Mahin Nazari * 1, Rokhsare Abul Hasan Begi1 , Mohamad Hossein Kave1 , Leila Gharamani1 , Masoud Karimi1
, Mahin Nazari * 1, Rokhsare Abul Hasan Begi1 , Mohamad Hossein Kave1 , Leila Gharamani1 , Masoud Karimi1
1- Department of of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
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Objective Body image is a multifaceted construct and has been the subject of many recent studies in the field of psychology and social sciences. In this research, we aim to investigate the relationship between social self-efficacy and body image concern in female adolescents.
Methods This is a descriptive correlational study with a cross-sectional design. Participants were 117 second-grade high school female students in Kavar County, Fars Province, Iran, in the academic year 2016-2017, who were selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling method. The data collection tools included Littleton’s body image concern inventory and Connolly’s adolescent social self-efficacy scale. The collected data were analyzed using Spearman’s correlation test and multiple linear regression analysis in SPSS software, version 26.
Results The mean score of social self-efficacy was 64.91±22.10, and the median, first quartile, and third quartile of body image concern were 72, 61.5, and 78.5, respectively. The results of Spearman’s correlation test showed a very strong and negative significant correlation between body image concern and social self-efficacy (P<0.001).
Conclusion The officials and decision-makers in the field of mental health and education in Iran should design educational programs related to proper nutrition and physical activity for female adolescents to maintain their body weight within the normal range and consequently reduce their body image concern and increase their self-efficacy.
Methods This is a descriptive correlational study with a cross-sectional design. Participants were 117 second-grade high school female students in Kavar County, Fars Province, Iran, in the academic year 2016-2017, who were selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling method. The data collection tools included Littleton’s body image concern inventory and Connolly’s adolescent social self-efficacy scale. The collected data were analyzed using Spearman’s correlation test and multiple linear regression analysis in SPSS software, version 26.
Results The mean score of social self-efficacy was 64.91±22.10, and the median, first quartile, and third quartile of body image concern were 72, 61.5, and 78.5, respectively. The results of Spearman’s correlation test showed a very strong and negative significant correlation between body image concern and social self-efficacy (P<0.001).
Conclusion The officials and decision-makers in the field of mental health and education in Iran should design educational programs related to proper nutrition and physical activity for female adolescents to maintain their body weight within the normal range and consequently reduce their body image concern and increase their self-efficacy.
Type of Study: Orginal |
Subject:
general Hygiene
Received: 2024/01/2 | Accepted: 2024/01/23 | Published: 2024/04/1
Received: 2024/01/2 | Accepted: 2024/01/23 | Published: 2024/04/1
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