AN ANALYTICAL SURVEY ON THE FEAR OF BODY IMAGE AND AGGRESSION IN GIRL AND BOY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Physical changes of puberty as a serious crisis in the teenagers can lead to body
image disruptions and aggression disorders. Detection of relationship between these important factors
can be necessary. Thus, the investigators tried to carried out an analytical survey on fear of body image
and aggression in girls and boys in high school students of Abadan city.
Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that was performed by multistage cluster
sampling on 357 girls and boys in high school students in their first to fourth level of study in Abadan
city in 2016. The data were collected by demographic information form, Littleton fear of body image
questionnaire, and Eysenck aggression questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using SPSS software
by descriptive statistics, Independent t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient.
Results: The results showed that fear of body image score was 39.4 and aggression score was 28.9 in
the students.
The findings also showed no significant relationship between fear of body image and aggression in girl
and boy students.
Conclusion: In this study, there was no significant relationship between fear of body image and
aggression in high school students, but applying appropriate approach for solving these problems is very
important. In additional pathology, these factors should be detected more carefully, and these problems
should be included in psychological health plan