The Characteristics, Social Influence, Body Image and Related Factors of Adolescents

• Main Authors: Mei-Chi Yang, 顏美智
• Other Authors: Der-Hsiang Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38660702078468344975

碩士 === 大葉大學 === 教育專業發展研究所碩士在職專班 === 96 === The main purpose of this study is to explore the impact factors on body images of adolescents and their group differences, and to test the prediction of background vari-ables, personalilty characteristics, social influence for body images of adolescents. Subjects are 720 students aged 16 to 18 in Taiwan. Some scales are used in this study to test the relationships among the individual characteristics, social influence and body image of adolescents, including Basic Inventory, Self-Esteem Scale, Depression Scale, Parents Influences Scale, Peer Influences Scale, Media Influences Scale, Body Image Scale and Figure Rating Scale. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, ANOVA, stepwise regression and t-test are used for analyzing data. The results of the study are as follows:(1) There are significant differences on body image in terms of participants’ gender and BMI.(2) There are significant group differ-ences on personalilty characteristics(self-esteem and depression) and social influ-ence(parents, peers and media) with body images of adolescents.(3) Participants’ body image are significantly correlated with personalilty characteristics(self-esteem and de-pression), social influence(parents, peer and media).(4) Participants’ background vari-ables(gender and BMI), personalilty characteristics(self-esteem) and social influ-ence(parents, peer and media) can significantly predict body image. This study has made some suggestions based on education and counseling strategies to help healthy development for adolescents.