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The Meaning and Factors That Influence the Concept of Body Image: Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography from the Perspectives of Adolescents

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  • Glòria Tort-Nasarre

    (Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Carrer de Montserrat Roig, 225198 Lleida, Spain
    Health Education Research Group (GREpS), Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Carrer de Montserrat Roig, 225198 Lleida, Spain
    Calaf Primary Care Center, Cta. Llarga, 19.08280 Calaf. Barcelona, Gerència Territorial Catalunya Central, Catalan Health Institute (ICS), 08272 St. Fruitós del Bages, Spain
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Mercè Pollina Pocallet

    (Bellpuig Primary Care Center, Diputació, 5. 25250 Bellpuig, Lleida, Gerència Territorial Lleida, Catalan Health Institute (ICS), Rambla Ferran, 44, 25007 Lleida, Spain)

  • Eva Artigues-Barberà

    (Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Carrer de Montserrat Roig, 225198 Lleida, Spain
    Catalan Health Institute (ICS), Primary Care Lleida, Rambla Ferran, 44, 25007 Lleida, Spain
    Research Support Unit Lleida, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol) Rambla Ferran, 44, 25007 Lleida, Spain
    Research Group in Therapies in Primary Care (GRETAPS), Rambla Ferran, 44, 25007 Lleida, Spain)

Abstract

Community care nurses educate adolescents about body image, but their interventions appear to be ineffective. Body dissatisfaction predicts unhealthy behaviors among adolescents. This study aimed to understand the meanings and factors that influence the concept of body image through a systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative studies from the perspective of adolescents. Ten studies published from 2009–2019 were identified by a search of relevant systematic databases between September and December 2019. The review followed the seven steps of meta-ethnography developed by Noblit and Hare, including a line-of-argument. The synthesis revealed six themes: self-perception of body image; opinions of friends and colleagues; opinions of family; specific features of the school environment; expectations perceived across the mass-media; and strategies, practices, and self-management of body image. An explanatory model was developed that showed adolescents’ development of body image and the path towards its establishment. In conclusion, these results should be considered to implement strategies to promote a healthy body image in adolescents by community health and mental health nurses.

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  • Glòria Tort-Nasarre & Mercè Pollina Pocallet & Eva Artigues-Barberà, 2021. "The Meaning and Factors That Influence the Concept of Body Image: Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography from the Perspectives of Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-16, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:3:p:1140-:d:488458
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