RT - Journal Article T1 - Investigating the Relationship between Satisfaction from Body Image and Socio Cultural Patterns among Female Adolescents in Rasht City JF - Avicenna-J-Nurs-Midwifery-Care YR - 2012 JO - Avicenna-J-Nurs-Midwifery-Care VO - 20 IS - 3 UR - http://nmj.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-1120-en.html SP - 26 EP - 36 K1 - Athlete\'s Pattern / Body Image / Female Adolescents / General Pattern AB - Introduction & Objective: Preoccupation with body image is very common among adolescents. Different factors such as socio-cultural patterns have effects on body image and adolescents’ satisfaction from that. This study was done to determine the relationship between the satisfaction from body image and socio-cultural patterns among female adolescents in Rasht city. Materials & Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was done on 450 female high school adolescents between 15 to 17 years old who were selected based on randomized cluster sampling on 2011 in Rasht. Data was collected using demographic questionnaire,MBSRQ-AS,SATAQ-3 and a balance and a tape measure to determine BMI. Data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS 16. Results: Mean scores of satisfaction from body image in the domains of “orientation to the  appearance” (49.92±4.85), “appearance evaluation” (23.75±3.82) and “satisfaction from body areas” (36.31±6.33) were high while mean score of satisfaction from “preoccupation with being overweight” (17.27±4.82) was low. There was seen a statistically significant relationship between satisfaction from body image based on BMI and general patterns of the society and athletes (P LA eng UL http://nmj.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-1120-en.html M3 ER -