Last modified: 2019-09-03
Abstract
Objective: Body shaming can severely affect adolescents. This study aimed to identify the relationships between body image, self-efficacy, and coping strategies in Indonesian adolescents who had been victims of body shaming.
Method: A cross-sectional descriptive-correlative method as used in this study. We recruited 168 high school students in a public school in Indonesia. Our instruments were the Body Shape Questionnaire-16, the General Self-Efficacy, dan the Ways of Coping questionnaires which had been tested for validity and reliability.
Results: There was a statistically significant relationship between body image and self-efficacy (p = 0.000); as well as between self-efficacy and coping strategies (p = 0.001). However, we found that body image was not significantly related to the coping strategies (p = 0.124).
Conclusions: Body image is linked to self-efficacy as self-efficacy is linked to the coping strategies among the Indonesian adolescents who had experienced body shaming. This study implies the importance of improving self-efficacy of the adolescents who were the victims of body shaming. School nurses or community health nurses should be more sensitive to the female adolescents as they are more vulnerable to have psychosocial problems related to their physical appearance.