Mumim, Juliana Simbah Anak
(2021)
Body image satisfaction and self esteem among undergraduate female nursing students in School of Health Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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Abstract
The effect of body image on self-esteem is very important in the life phase of students and
adolescents. This study is done to determine the level of body image satisfaction and selfesteem
among undergraduate female nursing students in School of Health Sciences,
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). A cross-sectional study involving 152 respondents via
convenient sampling. A questionnaire survey was used for data collection from October 2020
to July 2021. The test that used in this study was descriptive statistics and Simple Logistic
Regression using Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0. The findings
revealed that 80.9% respondents had a positive body image while 19.1% respondents had a
negative body image. Besides that, 84.2% respondents had high self-esteem while 15.8%
respondents had low self-esteem. There was no association between body image satisfaction
and self-esteem as p = 0.07 (P <0.05), but it was found that respondents with positive body
image satisfaction were 0.16 times had high self-esteem. In conclusion, new education and
awareness strategies for promoting positive body image attitudes are needed.
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