Body image, fear of appearance and self-esteem among overweight and obese adolescent in Klang Valley / Nur Fatiha Nabila Mohd Nor

Being overweight and obese, there is an intense feeling of body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem, negative body image, and stigma. In fact, negative body image and disruption of healthy self-image among adolescent may lead to eating disorders, depression, isolation, and aggression, thus resulting in...

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Main Author:	Mohd Nor, Nur Fatiha Nabila
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Obesity
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/84337/1/84337.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.843372024-02-19T04:00:36Z Body image, fear of appearance and self-esteem among overweight and obese adolescent in Klang Valley / Nur Fatiha Nabila Mohd Nor 2019 Mohd Nor, Nur Fatiha Nabila Obesity Being overweight and obese, there is an intense feeling of body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem, negative body image, and stigma. In fact, negative body image and disruption of healthy self-image among adolescent may lead to eating disorders, depression, isolation, and aggression, thus resulting in low self-esteem. Hence, this study was carried out to investigate the perception of body image, fear of appearance and self-esteem among the obese and overweight adolescents and examined whether there was a gender difference and the association between the variables. Using a purposive sampling method to address the overweight and obese adolescents in Klang Valley. There are 11 schools with students aged 16 to 17 years old were selected to participate in this study. 436 data were collected (with ethical approval and consent) among the respondents who met the criteria of having BMI for age at or above the. 85th percentile using a questionnaire that contained 4 part of questions which are Socio-demographic data, Body linage States Scales (BISS), Fear of Appearance Evaluation Scale (FAES) and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). The respondents were gather at hall and their weight and height were measured to confirmed the BMI level. Self-administered questionnaires were conducted to the confirmed respondents and it takes about 40 minutes to completed. Collected data were then analyzed using the Statistical Package Social Science version 21.0 (SPSS 21.0). Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to describe the sociodemographic data as well as the variables of the study using T-test and ChiSquare test. The level of the significance was set at a p-value of 0.05. 2019 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/84337/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/84337/1/84337.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Health Science Danis, Ajau
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description	Being overweight and obese, there is an intense feeling of body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem, negative body image, and stigma. In fact, negative body image and disruption of healthy self-image among adolescent may lead to eating disorders, depression, isolation, and aggression, thus resulting in low self-esteem. Hence, this study was carried out to investigate the perception of body image, fear of appearance and self-esteem among the obese and overweight adolescents and examined whether there was a gender difference and the association between the variables. Using a purposive sampling method to address the overweight and obese adolescents in Klang Valley. There are 11 schools with students aged 16 to 17 years old were selected to participate in this study. 436 data were collected (with ethical approval and consent) among the respondents who met the criteria of having BMI for age at or above the. 85th percentile using a questionnaire that contained 4 part of questions which are Socio-demographic data, Body linage States Scales (BISS), Fear of Appearance Evaluation Scale (FAES) and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). The respondents were gather at hall and their weight and height were measured to confirmed the BMI level. Self-administered questionnaires were conducted to the confirmed respondents and it takes about 40 minutes to completed. Collected data were then analyzed using the Statistical Package Social Science version 21.0 (SPSS 21.0). Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to describe the sociodemographic data as well as the variables of the study using T-test and ChiSquare test. The level of the significance was set at a p-value of 0.05.
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title	Body image, fear of appearance and self-esteem among overweight and obese adolescent in Klang Valley / Nur Fatiha Nabila Mohd Nor
title_short	Body image, fear of appearance and self-esteem among overweight and obese adolescent in Klang Valley / Nur Fatiha Nabila Mohd Nor
title_full	Body image, fear of appearance and self-esteem among overweight and obese adolescent in Klang Valley / Nur Fatiha Nabila Mohd Nor
title_fullStr	Body image, fear of appearance and self-esteem among overweight and obese adolescent in Klang Valley / Nur Fatiha Nabila Mohd Nor
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Body image, fear of appearance and self-esteem among overweight and obese adolescent in Klang Valley / Nur Fatiha Nabila Mohd Nor

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