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Ramya Maheswari, M.
- Physical Self-Concept and Physical Activity of Overweight Adolescent Girls
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1 Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, IN
1 Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 7, No 4 (2016), Pagination: 378-382Abstract
The aim of the current investigation is to compare the physical self - concept of overweight and non overweight adolescent girls and to find if exist, a relationship of physical self-concept with weight status and levels of physical activity among overweight adolescent girls. Expost-facto research design was used for the present study. The sample consists of 50 overweight and 50 Non-overweight adolescent girls in the age range of 16-17. Body Mass Index categorized overweight adolescent girls from their non -overweight counterparts. It is hypothesized that over-weight and non- overweight adolescent girls will not differ in their physical self - concept. Richard's Physical self - concept scale (1987) was used to collect data. The scale measures seven factors of physical self concept namely body build, action, appearance, health, physical ability, strength and satisfaction. Descriptive statistics, t tests and Pearson's r were used to analyses data. Results showed that there was no significant mean difference between overweight and non-overweight adolescent girls on various dimensions of the physical self- concept scale and the relationship between physical self - concept and physical activity was found to be weak and non-significant.Keywords
Physical Self-Concept, Physical Activity, Overweight Adolescent Girls.- Cognitive Biases in Preventive Health Decisions of Adolescents
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1 Department of Psychology, Efhiraj College for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN
1 Department of Psychology, Efhiraj College for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 9, No 10-12 (2018), Pagination: 1005-1011Abstract
The number of cases of obesity, sleep and stress related disorders in adolescents are on the rise. These problems can be avoided if correct preventive measures are taken. There is limited research conducted in the area of cognitive biases in preventive health actions. Hence, the present study aimed to explore if cognitive biases operate when adolescents try to make decisions with respect to preventive health. Based on the review of literature, cognitive biases namely framing effect, optimism bias, anchoring bias and sunk-cost bias were examined to see if they operate when adolescent's were made to think of their decisions regarding five preventive health actions namely dietary behaviors, physical activity, stress management, sleep patterns and health screening. A questionnaire consisting of hypothetical questions was constructed by overlaying the biases with respect to each of these health behaviors to study if it did impact their decisions. A pilot study was conducted with 20 participants to see if the questionnaire tested what it was intended to test. After making changes based on the feedback received with reference to clarity, this self constructed questionnaire was finally administered to 80 adolescents and the results were analyzed using percentage analysis. Results showed that the biases tested by the questionnaire did impact the decisions made by the adolescents.Keywords
Cognitive Biases, Preventive Health Decisions, Adolescents.References
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