Imagem corporal em estudantes de ensino médio

Abstract

Introduction: In the perspective of the existence of a relationship between dissatisfaction with body image and the presence of symptoms related to mental health in young people, it was considered relevant to carry out the study with the purpose of subsidizing interventions with the adolescent population, preventing negative outcomes such as eating disorders, selfesteem, depressive symptoms, stress and factors associated with them. Objective: To evaluate the body checking habit (HCC) in high school students and associated factors. Methodology: This was a quantitative research characterized as an epidemiological, transversal and analytical study. The work in question covered several aspects related to adolescence, involving 516 female students, from public and private institutions in the urban area of the municipality of Montes Claros / MG, in the years 2016/2017. The data were collected through the following data collection instruments: Identification Questionnaires and Fantastic Lifestyle, Brazil's Economic Classification Criteria (CCEB), Body Checking Questionnaire (BCQ), Maslach Inventory Student Survey (MBI-SS), Beck (BDI), and Internet Addiction Test (IAT), which evaluated socioeconomic aspects, life habits and body check, stress levels, presence of social / affective interaction, depressive symptoms, internet addiction and nutritional status. The variables investigated were described by means of their absolute and relative frequency distribution. The data were tabulated and analyzed using the following statistical techniques: descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis and logistic regression. Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS for Windows, version 18.0). Realized bivariate analyzes between the outcome variable (body image check) and each independent variable, using the Poisson Regression model with robust variance. The crude Prevalence Ratios (PR) was estimated, with their respective 95% confidence intervals. descriptive level (p-value) of less than 0.20 were selected for multiple analysis, using the hierarchical Poisson regression model, composed of blocks of variables at distal (sociodemographic variables), intermediate (emotional and ) and proximal level (lifestyle habits) Results: The predominant age group was between 15 and 17 years old (80.4% ), economic class B or C (76.3%), and 46.5% of parents with high school or higher education. 64% of the students were classified as problematic users / internet addicted and 13% with Burnout syndrome. Adolescents were diagnosed as non-eutrophic 15.1% of. One third of the sample reported almost never / rarely / sometimes has affective and dialogued interaction and 93% declared frequent / almost always use of social networks. Regarding lifestyle habits, 52.1% reported practicing vigorous physical activity less than three times a week and 62.2% almost never / rarely / sometimes consuming a balanced diet. The evaluation of the body check habit was present in 38,6% of the students. After multiple analysis, the variables internet addiction (p <0.012) (RP 1.43, CI95% = 1.08-1.90) and depressive symptoms (p = 0.001) (PR = 1.48, CI95% = 1.18-1.87) - intermediate level and the nutritional status variable (p = 0.001) (PR = 1.5, CI95% = 1.18-1.92) - proximal level were associated with the checking habit body. Conclusions: Body Checking Habit wasn’t prevalent in the study population, however was associated with nutritional status, depressive symptoms and internet addiction, evidencing that the distorted perception of the self favors and sustains injurious health practices, signaling the importance of the topic to the public health.