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Body Image In Teenage Girls

Table 2:

Parameters Adolescents with a positive body image (31%) Teens with an ambivalent body image (26%) Teens with a negative body image(43%)
Average Variability Average Variability Average Variability
BMI 18.8 1.0 19.5 1.9 19.5 1.5
Compliance with external standards (%) 68.6 19.6 63.5 20.0 54.3 25.9
Compliance with internal standards (%) 70.8 18.2 74.7 17.7 51.90 28.0
Positive/negative body image 6.7 4.8 4,1 6.0 2.6 7.7
Functional characteristics 5.2 4.7 0.6 5.1 0.2 5.9
Activity 0.1 4.9 -1,3 4.8 -1.1 4.5
Physique assessment 3.4 2.8 2.0 4.8 0.08 4.5
Satisfaction with the body in preschool childhood 8.6 2.0 8.3 2.3 9.1 1.9
Satisfaction with the body at the age of 10 7.7 2.3 7.1 2.7 7.2 2.5
Satisfaction with the body at present time 6.5 2.5 5.8 1.8 5.1 2.8
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