Attitude and behavioral differences regarding their children's social appearance according to the social appearance anxiety levels of the parents
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Tarih
2022
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Cukurova Univ, Fac Medicine
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes and behaviors of parents with high and low social appearance anxiety levels regarding their children's social appearance. Materials and Methods: In this study, a holistic multiple case study, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The participants of the research are 16 parents who have a child in the preschool period living in Yuregir district of Adana province. The outlier sampling method was used to determine the participants. In the study, Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SSAS) was used and applied to 100 participants to determine the social appearance anxiety levels of parents. The data obtained were analyzed with the IBM SPSS 25 program, and a total of 16 parents, eight of whom had the highest and the lowest scores, were determined. Interviews were conducted with the parents using the semi-structured interview form created by the researcher. The interviews were made with audio recordings and the audio recordings were converted into texts and the texts were subjected to content analysis. Results: The highest SSAS score in the participant group was 66, the lowest was 24, and the mean score was 35.71 +/- 9.98. The mean age of parents with low SSAS scores is 34.75 +/- 5.57. The mean age of parents with high SSAS scores is 31.62 +/- 2.38. Differences were determined in the opinions of the parents about their children's social appearance, their expectations for their children's bodies, and the ideal child body definitions according to the SSAS score levels of the parents. Parents with high SSAS scores made more definitions of aesthetic appearance. In addition, it was observed that the children of parents with high SSAS scores had incompatible definitions with Body Mass Index (BMI). On the contrary, it was understood that parents with low SSAS scores do not idealize their children's bodies. In the interventions of parents with low and high SSAS scores on their children's social appearance; Differences were also found in physical activities, clothing preferences and physical appearance practices. Conclusion: While parents with low SSAS scores do not idealize their children's body, it is seen that parents with high SSAS scores make definitions regarding aesthetic appearance. In addition, it was observed that the children of parents with high SSAS scores had definitions that were incompatible with BMI. According to study, parents with high SSAS scores interfere more with their children's body appearance. They show more attitudes and behaviors in the form of eating restrictions, encouragement to action, and comparison with their peers.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Preschool period, social appearance, anxiety, parent, child
Kaynak
Cukurova Medical Journal
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47
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3
