| Abstract [eng] |
The aim of the study was to analyse the self - esteem of adolescents, depending on age, gender and body weight. The methodology of the study. The data of the study were collected using a quantitative research method - a questionnaire survey, using the Body-Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults adapted according to B.K. Mendelson, D.R. White and M.J. Mendelson, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, RSES, and body mass index calculated in accordance with the respondent’s height and weight. 369 students of Klaipėda City schools, grades 5-9, 11-17 years old, were interviewed . 364 questionnaires were used for further analysis. The study involved 177 men and 187 women. The data of quantitative research were processed using the programmes of SPSS 17 and Microsoft Excel 2011. The results of the study. This study found that the weight assessment differed statistically significantly: the boys rated their weight better than the girls (p = 0.000). The distribution according to the level of self-esteem level in different socio-demographic groups of the respondents was determined. Two significant differences (at p <0.05) were found, which showed that men were significantly more likely to have high self-esteem. Women are significantly more likely to have too low self-esteem. Comparing the level of self-esteem in different age categories, a significant difference was found, which showed that the self-esteem of 11-12 year old adolescents is significantly higher than that of 13-17 year old students, grade 7 grade and grade 9 grade. On the body-esteem scale for adolescents, weight assessment differed significantly between different BMI groups, with respondents with too low and normal BMI, just like all arguments of weight scale, estimating significantly higher than all overweight respondents, but no statistically significant difference was found for the Rosenberg self-esteem scale, due to > 0.05, which indicates that the self - esteem of students with different BMI does not differ significantly. |
