Kapoor Abhilasha, Upadhyay Madhu Kumari, Saini Narinder Kumar
Department of Community Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 May;11(5):2002-2007. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1851_21. Epub 2022 May 14.
Body image is an essential aspect of young girls' self-definition and individual identity and is influenced by multitude of factors including cultural, social, cognitive, affective, and biological. In recent times, excessive concern about the body image has been reported and the prevalence of body image dissatisfaction (BID) has increased among adolescent and young girls.
The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of BID, its pattern and the factors associated with it among female undergraduate students and also to assess the level of concern about their body image.
This cross-sectional study was conducted among 180 female undergraduate students using a contour drawing rating scale and a body shape questionnaire to assess BID and its pattern, and the level of concern about body image, respectively. Binary logistic regression was applied to identify the factors determining body image perception.
The prevalence of body mage dissatisfaction was 76.7% with overweight and obesity, and media influences being significantly associated with it. Nutritional status, mother's educational status, and media influences were the determinants. Body shape concerns were found among 30.6% of the participants out of which 7.3% reported marked to moderate concerns.
Our findings highlighted a higher prevalence of perceived dissatisfaction with the body image and also that it is not simply the outcome of sociocultural pressure to conform to a certain body type but is the result of a complex interaction between individual differences in actual body mass and preference for a thin body ideal.
身体形象是年轻女孩自我认知和个人身份的重要方面，受到包括文化、社会、认知、情感和生物学等多种因素的影响。近年来，有报道称对身体形象过度关注，且青少年和年轻女孩中身体形象不满意（BID）的患病率有所上升。
本研究的目的是估计女大学生中身体形象不满意的患病率、其模式以及与之相关的因素，并评估她们对自身身体形象的关注程度。
本横断面研究对180名女大学生进行，分别使用轮廓图评定量表和体型问卷来评估身体形象不满意及其模式，以及对身体形象的关注程度。应用二元逻辑回归来确定决定身体形象认知的因素。
身体形象不满意的患病率为76.7%，超重和肥胖以及媒体影响与之显著相关。营养状况、母亲的教育程度和媒体影响是决定因素。30.6%的参与者存在体型担忧，其中7.3%报告有明显至中度担忧。
我们的研究结果突出表明，对身体形象的感知不满意患病率较高，而且这不仅仅是社会文化压力促使符合某种体型的结果，而是实际体重的个体差异与对瘦体型理想的偏好之间复杂相互作用的结果。
