The Psychological effect of Body Image on Adolescence

For individuals in their teenage stages, they face many experiences and social pressures every day. During this development period, teenagers began to ask questions such as "Who am I?" Teenagers are looking for answers, but they are shocked by some of the factors that hinder them or may help them. Many social pressures help individuals define themselves and define where they are in social status. One factor that is particularly affected in the adolescent community is the body image.

Many studies have been conducted on psychological fields of adolescent body images. Modern teenagers are exposed everyday to more media than any previous generation. According to a recent survey, normal teenagers are watching TV programs of approximately 1,500 hours each year. Therefore, modern teenagers are exposed to many ideal social beauties. The concept that people are dissatisfied with their image and appearance is defined as "physical dissatisfaction". In adolescence, physical complaints are usually associated with weight, poor self-esteem, and atypical feeding patterns. The scholars continue to discuss the impact of media on youth dissatisfaction

Body images are very important issues for most teenagers, especially as they become adults. Many studies on the effects of body images and self-esteem have been in progress for ten years. However, body images have always been the focus of research in many countries such as the US and South Korea, but Malaysia has not been extensively studied in Malaysia, as research on body images is limited. Although there is research on the body image, most research focuses only on the body image of a woman, not a male body image.

Body image The image of the body is personal recognition of your body. This includes psychological concepts and personal experiences, such as how people perceive and act on their bodies (Grogan, 2008). A negative body image leads to a person feeling sick about their body (Moe, 1999). In this research we will use Sandoz, E.K. And body image acceptance and action questionnaire (BI - AAQ) of Body (2006) as a measure of body image. This measurement represents emotions and ideas about the shape of an individual's body and the image of the body.

Men, women, children, teenagers, and adults - everyone may be affected by a negative body image. However, according to the survey, young people are particularly affected. Puberty is usually at the beginning of a negative body image, but without conscious change efforts, adults may be dissatisfied with the body image. The pressure to meet a certain "look and feel" comes from various parts of today's society. Information from media, people, friends, fellows has a negative effect. This is not useful for those who are too worried about the image of their body, participate in a weight loss diet, or talk about their body in a negative way.