Self-esteem and body image of Turkish adolescent girls

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Ferudun Dorak
Cite this article:  Dorak, F. (2011). Self-esteem and body image of Turkish adolescent girls. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 39(4), 553-562.


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The aim in this study was to examine the relationship between self-esteem and body image in female adolescents who are athletes or nonathletes. Adolescent girls (N = 477) between the ages of 12 and 14 participated in the research in Izmir, Turkey. The self-esteem survey developed by Coopersmith (1967) and the Body Cathexis Scale developed by Secord and Jourard (1953) were used in the study. The findings obtained show that there is a significantly stronger relationship between self-esteem and body image in the athletic adolescent girls compared with the sedentary girls (p < 0.05).

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