Abstract
The effects of body image on self-esteem and in turn quality of life can be especially powerful during the teenage years. Aim: This study aims to assess the relationships between body image, self- esteem and quality of life among female nursing students Design: A descriptive correlation study was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted in faculty of nursing, Ain Shams University. Subject: A convenience sample of a total of 120 female nursing students. Tools: The following instruments were utilized: 1) Brief Demographic Questionnaire and Familial Profiles; 2) Body Image Questionnaire; 3) Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale; 4) World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) Findings: Showed that there was a statistical significant relation between the studied participants’ self -esteem and their age, marital status. But there was no statistical significant relation between their self -esteem and their university level, birth order, residence, parent education, family size and family income. There was a statistical significant relation between the studied participants’ quality of life domains and their age, marital status university level, birth order, parent education, family size and family income. Meanwhile there was no statistical significant relation between their quality of life domains and their residence. Conclusion: more than two fifth of female nursing student under study were have low self esteem and quarter of them were have poor body image perception .also, there was a statistically significant relations between body image, self- esteem and quality of life among female nursing students under study Recommendation: nursing students need more counseling program to attain a realistic, positive perception of their body image and to overcome the negative views about their body image in order to enhance their self-esteem and different dimensions of their quality of life.
Highlights
The effects of body image on self-esteem and in turn quality of life can be especially powerful during the teenage years
Body image is defined as the attitude of the individual towards himself and it was the individual's judgment about him/herself and the ability to feel his/her influence on life and reflects how a person perceives his own body in relation to an ideal body image (2 ).In addition to others' views and judgments about body play a great role in shaping the self-esteem; body image is formed as a result of several factors such as social upbringing, community, culture, media, family and friends (3 )
Table [5] shows that, more than three quarter (75%) of female nursing students under study who lived with their families were have a good quality of life and more than half of them (51.6%) were single .as regards to worse quality of life,it was found that, more than one quarter (28.3%) of the studied sample who in age group between20- ≤22y were have a worse quality of life, (44.1%) of them were at the first level in university and first at their order of birth and lived in families consisted of 5-6 person
Summary
Body image is a multidimensional term that has been associated with biological, psychological, social and cultural factors. Student's low self-esteem leads to educational decline, loneliness, substance abuse, reality avoidance, self-destructive behavior the main focus of this study centered on assessing the relationships between body image , selfesteem and quality of life among female students of faculty of nursing. Aim of the study: This study aims to assess the relationships between body image, self- esteem and quality of life among female students of faculty of nursing, Ain Shams University. Tool (IV) World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) : It was an abbreviated 26-item from the original WHOQOL-100 which developed by (WHO, 1995) (16 ) to provide an evaluation of QOL and perceptions of health It consists of four domains, the first was physical Health (7 items), the second was psychological (6 items), the third was social relationships (6 items), and the fourth was environment (3 items). Level of significance was: P >0.05 insignificant P
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