Body Image
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It is a well-documented fact; body image is the dynamic perception of the way a body moves, feels and looks. It is shaped by emotions, perceptions and physical sensations. Nevertheless, it can change in relation to mood, environment and physical experience. Adolescent’s stage is a significant stage that highly experience dynamic changes in the body. Given the overwhelming changes of adolescent’s stage; the body image is influenced by strong self- evaluation and self-image. It is borne in mind; body image can be influenced by cultural standards on attractiveness. These changes can cause dissatisfaction in girls. Generally, healthy body image in girls and boys present the core challenge to body image. In this regard, this paper seeks to analyze body image and factors that contribute to its development during adolescent stage.
Story, M.,& Stang, J. (2005). Guidelines for Adolescent nutritional services: http://www.epi.umn.edu/let/pubs/adol_book.shtm
According to Story and Stang (2005), media messages strongly influence body image in young people. In essence, adolescents’ females that watch most media programs such as soap operas report to the highest body dissatisfaction in addition, those that watch music videos tend to have a strong urge for thinness. The urge of attaining the ideal standard for attractiveness for both males and females are greatly influenced by media messages; for instance, over the past years, Miss World contestants have been linked with thinness thus, creating the appeal that thinness is the ideal of true beauty.
National Association of social workers. (2001). Adolescent girls and body image. Adolescent health, 2 (4) 1
Family concerns increases body dissatisfaction of body image concerns for instance, parental concern of their children being thin by avoiding fat. This influences adolescents to be constant dieters in addition, using unhealthy weight control methods. As a result, many suffer unenthusiastic health concerns linked to body dissatisfaction.
Weinshenker, N. (1997). Teenagers and body image: <http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Adolescents_Body/>
According to Weinshenker (1997), standards of beauty have changed in the sense that; for the past years, being thin was considered the sign of poverty and plumpness the ideal of beauty. Nevertheless, things have changed in the sense that, being thin has become a personal project for American girls to restrict calories to maintain body shape. Weinshenker outline the way many teenagers have been disgruntlement with their appearance to the extent, many have suffered insecurities and low self-esteem.
Schonfeld, W.A. (1964). Body-Image Disturbances In Adolescents With Inappropriate Sexual Development. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 34(3) 493-502
Schonfeld (1964) argue that, the approach that the adolescent view himself in the society is vital in his amendment. When there is inappropriate sexual development, the body image is troubled thus, resulting to deviant behavior with adaptations.
Poncelet, B. (2009). Teen body image-Encouraging positive Teen body image: <http://teenhealth.about.com/od/emotionalhealth/a/teenbodyimage.htm>
Poncelet(2009) argue that, adolescents body image can be influenced by peers. If for instance, a teenage is often teased about his weight by his peers, he is likely to have a negative body image, which influence how behave.
Treccasi, L., Musson, W., Kontonikas, K.,& Jones, S.A. (2002). Body image and adolescents: <http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/education/DLiT/2005/bodyimage/container.php?cla=&page=effects>
A number of theories relate negative body image with eating disorders such as psychodynamic theory that outline that, the distorted body with the desire for thinness is done in the name of searching for identity. Additionally, during adolescent development the ideal term of what is beauty in the media gives false image to teenagers who often feel they should attain.
Edelstein. (2010). Nutrition in Public Health. New York: Jones & Bartlett Learning
In essence, adolescents are willing to do anything to improve their body image. The adolescent is preoccupied with body image thus; providing nutritional counseling is important for their well-being as opposed to looking attractive.
Sugar, M. (1993). Female adolescent development. London: Psychology Press
The body image is the aspect that is modified by life circumstances, which in many cases, is determined by pleasure or attention. In this case, the change of body image is concern with cohesive sense of attention.
Whetser, M. V. (1999). Pediatric Nursing. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional
Body image is utmost significant in adolescent stage and search for an urge to look better is important. Physical appearance is continually reflected in the stage, which to some extent, is influenced by what the society term as ideal beauty.
Kindes,V.M. (2006). Body image: new research. New York: Nova Publishers
Through Socialization, adolescents’ boys strive to be stronger and developed, while girls strive to look more attractive. In large scales, both girls strive in searching for identity linked with self-worth and concern over body image.
Evans, E.R., Tumer, C. (1992). Content analysis of contemporary teen magazine for adolescent females. Youth and society, 23 (99) 20
Adverts in magazines contribute to development of body image in the sense that, magazines adverts that target females teenagers show images of young slim, small waist, rounded hips and smooth skin as the ideal of beauty. As a result, many identify themselves with such ideal for beauty.
Josselson, R. (1987). Finding herself: Pathways to identity development in women. California: Jossy-Bass Inc.
Education materials have outlined messages concerning body sizes for instance, textbooks outlining the way many girls have gotten slender in every decade, while body image not changing. Due to female watching most media programs have caused body dissatisfaction as their pathway to identity.
Grogan, S. (2008). Body image: understanding body dissatisfaction in men, women, and children. New York: Taylor & Francis
For many years, the urge for men to attain the ideal of attractiveness of being muscular has been associated with depression and poor self-esteem.
Media Scope. Body image and advertising: <aaaaaahttp://www.mediascope.org/pubs/ibriefs/bia.htm>
…( ) argue that, the African-American adolescents tend to have better body images than whites who are influenced with cultural ideal of true built thus, creating body dissatisfaction.
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Due to strong urge of being attractive, many have worked on their diets and weight control to maintain body image. In this regard, health professionals should encourage adolescents to be healthier in a way that supports body image.
Palo Alto Medical Foundation A Sutter health Affiliate. (2010). Self-Esteem and body image in Teens and Preteens:
Body image is often at lowest during adolescents in the sense that, youths are self-conscious, awkward and isolated on their body images. However, many teenagers sustain their self image through support family and friends.
Youth Central. (2010). Body image, self and adolescent image: http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/Health+&+Relationships/Body+health/Body+image/
Body image is influenced by magazines, films, competing with others and a change to fit in the society, additionally, looking for ideal beauty in the society.
Mirror Mirror. A Summary of research findings on body image: <http://www.sirc.org/publik/mirror.html>
Media play a key role in defining standards of beauty. Standards of beauty have been hard to attain under great pressure to maintain beauty to gain a positive evaluations.
Teens Health. (1995). Body Image and self esteem: http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/body_image/body_image.html
Body image is how one feels about his or her appearance. For many adolescents, body image is linked with self-esteem of a natural desire to be accepted.
Witner, N. (2011). What is body image: http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/bodyimage/a/bodyimage.htm
Adolescent body image is influenced by self-worth and self-esteem, which in turn changes body image. Body image involves how one perceives a positive body image.
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