Body image of adolescent boys

• Authors: Jakub Turski , Joanna Głogowska , Marcin Wilczkiewicz , Romuald Stupnicki
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Study aim: To compare the perception of own body by adolescent boys with an external assessment.Material and methods: Two groups of boys (45 from Warsaw, aged 15 – 16 years, and 49 from a small town in South-
Eastern Poland, aged 16 years) were studied by using standard body image templates containing 9 shapes. Every boy
indicated the perceived shape and that he wished to have. The external assessment was done by the same investigator
and that assessment served to classify boys as underweight (n = 4), normal (n = 51) or overweight (n = 39; Shapes 1
– 2, 3 – 4 and 5 – 9, respectively) and to correlate the scores with BMI.Results: The external and self-assessments were concordant in overweight boys, the desired shapes being significantly
lower only in Group 1. The percentage of overweight boys was significantly (p<0.05) higher in Group 1 than in
Group 2. “Normal” boys from Group 1 significantly (p<0.001) overrated their body shape compared with external
rating. External ratings of body shape significantly correlated with BMI values in both groups alike (r = 0.82, p<0.001).Conclusions: The presented approach to body shape studies may contribute to preventing biosocial disorders in
adolescent boys brought about by thoughtless striving for an ideal shape promoted by mass media.

Keywords

EN

Body image; Body shape; Adolescents; Boys

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Biomedical Human Kinetics
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 4
• Pages: 117-120

Dates

accepted

11 - 12 - 2012

received

19 - 11 - 2012

online

28 - 12 - 2012

Contributors

author

Jakub Turski

• The Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw

author

Joanna Głogowska

• The Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw

author

Marcin Wilczkiewicz

• Department of Physical Education, University
  of Rzeszów

author

Romuald Stupnicki

• University College of Physical Culture and Tourism, Pruszków, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10101-012-0022-0