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Abstract: There can no longer
be any doubt that adolescents do indeed have body esteem problems. Several
types of research seem to suggest that this wrong behavior caused by some
negative perceptions as a result of dissatisfaction with the body and a person’s
level of self-confidence. Therefore they often do misperceptions of his/her
body that can lead to wrong dietary behavior. It’s related to the development
of more severe body image and eating-related problems.
Objective: This study determined the relationship of body image
perception and eating disorders in adolescents.
Method: A cross-sectional study was applied in this study. The subjects
were 120 new students majoring in a nutritional program in Bogor Agricultural
University (IPB). They completed a questionnaire measuring appearance
evaluation, appearance orientation, body areas satisfaction, overweight
preoccupation, self-classified weight and eating disorders. Multidimensional
Body Self-Relations Questionnaire-Appearance Scale (MBSRQ-AS) method is used to
assess body image perception and Eating Attitude Test 40 (EAT-40) to predict
eating disorders.
Results: Descriptive analysis showed nutritional status were categorized
as normal (83.3%), overweight (10.0%), obesity (4.2%) and thin (2.5%). With MBSRQ-AS
method, most of the adolescents have appearance evaluation (80.0%), appearance
orientation (99.2%), body areas satisfaction (80.8%), self-classified weight
(71.7%) were categorized as negative, whereas overweight preoccupation (57.5%)
were categorized as positive. There was (7.8%) female subject with eating
disorders with more risk or have attitude the desire to eat continuously and
can’t stop eating (2-3 times a month).
Conclusion: Statistically using a significance level (α=5%) obtained a
significant correlation between body image perception in overweight
preoccupation subscale with eating disorders. However, there were no
significant correlations for other subscales.
Keywords: adolescents; body
image; eating disorders
Penulis: Mohamad Yulianto
Kurniawan
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd150754
