Body Appreciation in Light of Psychological, Health- and Weight-Related Variables Among Female Adolescents

Abstract: Recent research has begun to focus on positive body image and how this can be supported in adolescence. Body appreciation is a key element of positive body image, and has been associated with self-reported health status, weight-related concern, family factors and psychological variables such as self-esteem. In this study we explored these associations among Hungarian adolescent females. Female high school students from two major towns in Csongrád county, Hungary (N = 454; age range from 14 to 20; M = 16.3 years, SD = 1.2) completed questionnaires assessing body appreciation, self-esteem, optimism, life satisfaction and health- and weight-related variables. Analyses revealed that body appreciation was most strongly related to self-esteem, as well as being positively associated with life satisfaction, self-perceived health, being in control of diet, and engagement in sport. Conversely, binge drinking, engaging in slimming behaviors and having eating disorders in the family were negat.... https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/2183

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Body Appreciation in Light of Psychological, Health- and Weight-Related Variables Among Female Adolescents ; volume:16 ; number:4 ; day:27 ; month:11 ; year:2020 ; Europe's journal of psychology ; 16, Heft 4 (27.11.2020)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Piko, Bettina ; Obál, Annabella ; Mellor, David

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v16i4.2183
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021072405124615346977
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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