scholarly journals Body image, self-esteem, media, disordered eating and actual ideal weight discrepancy: Findings in Cyprus

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marios Argyrides ◽  
Marisia Sivitanides
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Body ◽  
School Students ◽  
Ideal Weight ◽  
Appearance Satisfaction ◽  
The Media

The current study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the actual ideal weight discrepancy and the following variables in adolescents from Cyprus: self-esteem, appearance satisfaction, investment in appearance, weight-related anxiety, internalization of the thin and athletic ideals, the perception of the media as a good source of information in regards to appearance, the perception of the media as a source of pressure, and disordered eating symptomatology. The sample consisted of 2220 high school students (881 boys, 1339 girls) who answered the measures of interest. Results indicated significant relationships between the actual ideal weight discrepancy and all the variables of interest. In addition, results indicated weight-related anxiety and appearance satisfaction to be significant predictors of the actual ideal discrepancy in both boys and girls. Significant gender differences concerning the actual ideal weight discrepancy were also found where girls reported higher levels of discrepancy. No differences were found concerning age, socioeconomic status and place of upbringing and residence. The results of this study offer important additional information to the body image and disordered eating literature regarding a construct (actual ideal weight discrepancy) never examined before in Cyprus. This information could be used by Cypriot and European mental health professionals when working with children and teenagers who are at risk for or exhibit symptoms related to eating disorders and in developing prevention interventions.

scholarly journals Self-Harm Behaviour in Adolescents: Body Image and Self-Esteem

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesile Oktan
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Perception ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship

This research aimed to reveal the relationship between self-harm behaviour, body image, and self-esteem, and examined whether there was a difference between the body image and self-esteem of the adolescents who exhibited self-harm behaviour and those who did not. The study was conducted with the participation of 263 high school students — 143 females (54.3%) and 120 males (45.6%) — who studied in various high schools in the Trabzon province, Turkey. The students’ ages ranged from 15 to 18; the mean age was 17.02 (SD = 1.59). The research was conducted using the Inventory of Statements about Self-Injury, the Body Perception Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and a personal information form. The research concluded that there was a significant relationship between body image and self-esteem of the adolescents, and that body image and self-esteem were the significant regressors of self-harm behaviour.

Measurement Invariance of a Body Dysmorphic Disorder Symptom Questionnaire Across Sex: The Body Image Questionnaire–Child and Adolescent Version

Assessment ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1026-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie C. Schneider ◽  
Andrew J. Baillie ◽  
Jonathan Mond ◽  
Cynthia M. Turner ◽  
Jennifer L. Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Body Dysmorphic Disorder ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
The Body ◽  
Measurement Properties ◽  
School Students ◽  
Disorder Symptom

Measures of body dysmorphic disorder symptoms have received little psychometric evaluation in adolescent samples. This study aimed to examine cross-sex measurement invariance in the Body Image Questionnaire–Child and Adolescent version (BIQ-C) to establish whether observed sex differences in total scores may be meaningful or due to differences in measurement properties. A sample of 3,057 Australian high school students completed the initial screening item of the measure (63.2% male, Mage = 14.58 years, SD = 1.37, range = 12-18 years). Of these participants, 1,512 (49.5%) reported appearance concerns and thus completed the full measure. Partial scalar measurement invariance was established among a revised two-factor, 9-item version of the BIQ-C (BIQ-C-9). Females reported significantly greater latent factor variance, higher BIQ-C-9 total and factor scores, and higher scores on most individual BIQ-C-9 items. The measure can be used with caution to compare body dysmorphic disorder symptoms between male and female adolescents, though sex-specific cutoff scores should be used.

PP266-MON: Self-Esteem, Body Image and BMI among High School Students of Constantine (ALGERIA)

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. S228
Author(s):  
W. Adjali-Hassani ◽  
H. Rouag ◽  
A. Benabdelmalek ◽  
C.-C. Mekhancha-Dahel ◽  
D.-E. Mekhancha
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Body Image ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
School Students

scholarly journals Prevalence and characteristics of disordered eating adolescents in cyprus: The influence of body image, situational dysphoria, self-esteem, and the media

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marios Argyrides ◽  
Evagelia Alexiou
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Normal Body Mass Index ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽  
The Media ◽  
Eat 26

The purpose of the current study was threefold: a) to collect a very large representative sample of adolescents and assess for their levels of disordered eating behaviors; b) to describe the characteristics of adolescents with disordered eating behaviors in Cyprus based on the measures that were used in the study and c) to compare the adolescents with significant disordered eating behaviors (EAT-26 ≥ 20) to the ones without any disordered eating behaviors (EAT < 20) on all the variables of interest. A total of 2664 secondary school students responded to self-report measures assessing disordered eating, negative body image, situational dysphoria, self-esteem and media influences. Results indicated that 16.04% of the overall sample of adolescents scored significantly on the EAT-26 (21.4% of females and 8.4% of males). Results also indicated that the majority of the adolescents with disordered eating behaviors were female, mainly from average socioeconomic status, normal Body Mass Index and grew up and reside in an urban area. Finally, adolescents in the disordered eating behaviors group scored significantly lower on appearance satisfaction and self-esteem and significantly higher on appearance investment, weight-related anxiety, situational dysphoria, internalization of the thin and athletic ideals as well as feeling pressured from the media and considering the media as a good source of information. In conclusion, results indicate a substantial difference in levels of disordered eating in adolescents as compared to previous research in Cyprus. Possible explanations are addressed as well as implications for prevention strategies and future research ideas based on the findings.

scholarly journals The comparison of cyprus to six other european countries on body image satisfaction, appearance investment and weight and appearance-related anxiety

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marios Argyrides ◽  
Natalie Kkeli ◽  
Marianna Koutsantoni
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Image Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
The Public ◽  
Greek Cypriot ◽  
Appearance Satisfaction

Previous research has pointed out the importance of Cyprus in the body image literature as well as the importance of body-image cross-cultural investigations. The purpose of the current study was to compare appearance satisfaction, investment in appearance and weight and appearance-related anxiety between female university students from Cyprus and female university students from France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Spain and Poland. Participants were 199 females whose scores on the measures of interest were compared to archived published means from the other six countries. Results indicated that Greek-Cypriot female university students scored significantly higher than all countries assessed on investment in appearance and weight and appearance-related anxiety. Additionally, female participants from Cyprus scored in the middle of the appearance satisfaction scale scoring higher than Greece and France, lower than the Netherlands and Germany and having similar results to Spain and Poland. A discussion follows elaborating on the argument of why Cyprus is significant in the body image literature, and the interpretation of the results using the cognitive-behavioral perspective of body image satisfaction. Recommendations for mental health professionals and other professionals in the public health sector are also provided.

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