Survey the satisfaction with body image and its related factors in female ‎adolescents in high schools in Rasht city in ‎‏2010‏

Introduction: Adolescence is an important period of cognitive occupancy with body image ‎because in addition to sexual attraction, body also experiences appearance‏ ‏changes.‎  Objective: This study aims to determine the satisfaction with body image female adolescents ‎in high school in Rasht city in ‎‏2010‏‎.‎  Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptive study on ‎‏450‏‎ high school females in Rasht city ‎chosen by random cluster sampling in the ‎‏2010‏‎. Data were collected using Multidimensional ‎Body-Self Relations Questionnaire-Appearance scale‏)‏MBSRQ-AS) including‏ ‏four domains: ‎appearance evaluation‏)‏AE), appearance orientation (AO), body areas satisfaction (BASS), ‎overweight preoccupation (OWPREOC)‎‏ ‏was completed and data were analyzed using SPSS ‎software version ‎‏16‏‎, and descriptive statistics were used for data analysis.‎  Results: Mean satisfaction with body image in domains of appearance orientation (‎‏49.2±4.85‏‎) appearance ‎evaluation (‎‏23‏‎.‎‏75‏‎±‎‏3‏‎.‎‏82‏‎) and body areas satisfaction‏ ‏‎(‎‏36‏‎.‎‏31‏‎±‎‏6‏‎.‎‏33‏‎) were high and in overweight preoccupation ‎domain(‎‏17‏‎.‎‏27±4‏‎.‎‏82‏‎) was low.‎  Conclusion: Female adolescents in high school of Rasht city, beside appearance orientation ‎were satisfied with body image in appearance evaluation, body areas satisfaction and ‎overweight preoccupation domains. ‎