Perception of Body Image Among Adolescents

Perception of Body ascertain Among AdolescentsCHAPTER 1INTRODUCTIONBackground of bea corpulency is a state where the natural energy pre perform, accumulate in the fatty t impression of humans and it is increased to a level where it is charge with certain health state or increased mortality (Sidik Rampal, 2009). Obesity is a vital public health problem e particular(a)ly in developed countries like United States where half of the adolescents are afflicted (Sidik Rampal). nows adolescents in most parts of the world emphasis on the value of physical attr exerciseiveness. They focus more on physical appearance. Hence, bole epitome has become an issue among adolescents who strive fully to obtain the experimental condition they aspiration for.Body project can be be as a persons experience, attitude and feeling slightly his or her bole. There are two types of embody emblem. Firstly, perceptual body movie. accord to (Lee, Yee, 2013), perceptual body image is associated t o the precision of self- estimation from body sizing to actual size, mean enchantment attitudinal body image is evaluated by means of four components gaiety (evaluation of the body), make believe (feelings associated with the body), cognitions (investment in appearance, beliefs about the body), and behaviors (avoidance where the body will be exposed). Adolescence is a transitional academic degree and many changes take place at physiologic and behavioral level. In the West, body image is perceived as an beta issue as they emphasis more on elegant body. The concerns about body image realize been critized that it is a female problem, how ever that fact is certainly not true anymore. (Wagner, 2008). Just like females, males withal wish to have excellent body image of muscular men through media, athletics and magazines much(prenominal) as sport magazines.Stout Frames hear (2004), as cited in Wagner (2008), points out people has a vaporous awareness of the consequences of body image on females compared to males. This awareness allows for a developed sensitivity towards females however that sensitivity tends to neglect males emotions and thoughts. According to Ricciardelli, McCabe, Lillis, Thomass think (2006), as cited in Wagner (2008), the maturement of muscularity has arose over the last ten-spot and the concern towards body image by males are of sudden interest.As we know, poor body image can affect a limited individual confidence to achieve their goals and subsequently touchs the happiness of that particular individual. hapless body image occurs due to unhealthy feeding habits which include dietetical supplements, binge- eating and so on. (Lee,Yee,2013). Due to this phenomenon, adolescents are struggling every champion day in orderliness to achieve the ideal body image they wanted. Malaysian adolescents are increasingly eating foods which are high in fat and calories thus leading inactive lives. According to Ismail Tans study (2004), as c ited in Pon, Kandiah, Taib (2004), more adolescents are obese than ever before.Statement ProblemIn this new era of globalization, the flawless body image is affecting almost every males and females, peoples from different cultural background, different group of ages and many more. It is offensive to have body image dissatisfaction as it always leads to eating disorder and psychological distress. This is because they tend to use harmful weight- control behaviors such as skipping meals, consuming slimming pills or applying cream on their body as to slim down in order to have the same body image as the model characterized in media. and so it is important to take prevention action and intervention in order to inhibit and treat body image since this issue can affect both individuals and society. Last but not least, exploring this investigate problem also allows us to focus more on body image issue especially among adolescents in Malaysia.Significance of StudyBody image is a very imp ortant issue to most of the adolescents especially when they grow into adulthood. some(prenominal) studies that focused on the body image have been conducted over the decade. However, while body image has been the focus of study in many countries such as United States and Korea, it is not immensely studied in Malaysia. This is because the studies on body image are restricted in Malaysia (EssayUk, 2013).Therefore, the current research proposed additional information on the difference in the intuition of body image among adolescents. More importantly, the difference in the perception of body image between adolescents and pre adolescence has not been studied (Wagner, 2008) as been cited in McCabe Ricciardelli (2006).Thus this study will focus on the perception of body image among ethnicity group, sexuality as well age group. It is important to know the differences in perception of body image in these groups because the result can let out thought in order to further discussions an d this can help on how the inculcateing could change perceptions on body image.Purpose of the studyThe purpose of the study is to evaluate on the differences in the perception of body image among Malaysian adolescents in the aspects of gender, age and ethnicity. The differences been evaluated between adolescents and pre adolescents, males and females and ethnicity which involved three races Chinese, Indian and Malays. Analyzing these differences could produce insight on creating with a better prevention and intervention program for adolescents who have problem with their body image.Research QuestionThe research heading has been presented below as followRQ 1 Is there any importee differences in the perception of body image between male and female.RQ 2 Is there any significance differences in the perception of body image between pre adolescence and adolescence.RQ 3 Is there any significance differences in the perception of body image among Malays, Chinese and Indian.Operational d efinitionsBody Image. As allude earlier, body image can be defined as a person perception, attitude and feeling about his or her body. Body image plays an important role for both the genders male and female (Pon, Kandiah, Taib, 2004). When adolescents focus similarly much on their body image, they will skip their meals and this subsequently leads to eating disorder.Gender. Gender refers to the characteristics of people as males and females. Gender also bears a special mention which is the gender role (Santrock, 2011). Gender role describes on how females and males should think, act and feel. For example, should males be more sovereign than females and should females be more emotional than males to others feelings? Although individuals are aware of their gender in early childhood, a new stage been added to gender with the onset of puberty and the sexual maturation.Race. It refers to all humans belong to the group of Homo sapiens, biological differences of human due to the intera ctions between heritable and environmental factors and the non-existence of homogenous population. Genetic element of a population was theme to change as a result of diverse factors, history of migration in the past prevented the used of domination of certain geographical area to serve as basis for race and no national, religious, linguistic, cultural group or economic class that constitutes a race (American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 1996). The examples of dominant racial groups in this study consisted of Malay, Chinese, and Indian. This is the main races in Malaysia.Adolescent. According to Cardwells study (2003), as been cited in Jennifer,(2011), adolescence is known as the stage of maturation arise between puberty and adulthood. This is the stage where the adolescence entered imprecisely 10-12 years and ends at 18-21 years old. There is little view about this period of development by different psychologists. For example, Erik Erikson clarifies the period of adol escence through the Identity versus Identity amazement stage in his psychological stages (Berk, 2009).Utar. Utar is known as University Tunku Abdul Rahman. Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), established below the UTAR Education Foundation, a not-for-profit organization. It was launched on 13 August 2002. UTAR is a high-powered University with four thriving Campuses- three in Klang Valley and one in Kampar, Perak. The Campuses in Klang Valley are located in Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, and Bandar Sungai Long. The largest campus is the Kampar campus. We are focus adolescents from Perak Campus between eighteen to twenty four groups of ages.SMK Sentosa Kampar. SMK Sentosa Kampar is located at Taman University. This school is near to Utar hostels. They have students from form one to form five. Its a multiracial school consists of Malays, Chinese and Indians. In our research, we are focusing on pre adolescents among these races and age range of thirteenth to fifteenth.Pre adolesce nce. Is a stage of human developmentfollowingearly childhoodand former toadolescence.It subsequently ends with the beginning ofpuberty, but may also be defined as ending with the start of the teenage years.For example 1013 years.It can also be defined as the period from 914 years.It can also distinguish substance childhood and preadolescence middle childhood from approximately 58 years, as opposed to the metre children are generally considered to reach preadolescence (age 914 years).ReferenceDittmar H. (2009). How do body perfect ideals in the media have a negative impact on body image and behavior?. Journal of Social clinical Psychology, 28(1), pp. 1-8.Wagner,R.R. (2008).Body Image Perceptions of Adolescents Males, pp. 44.Wan,P.L., Kandiah,M., Mohd Taib,M.N. 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