Self Compassion And Body Dissatisfaction Among Adolescent Boys
Abstract
During adolescence, individuals not only experience physical maturity, but also changes in the body. Changes in the body of adolescents often raise their own problems, including concerns about body condition. These changes lead adolescents to body dissatisfaction not only in female adolescents but also male adolescents. This study aims to determine the relationship between self-compassion and body dissatisfaction in adolescent boys in Yogyakarta. The hypothesis proposed is that there is a negative relationship between self-compassion and body dissatisfaction in adolescent boys in Yogyakarta. The subjects in this study amounted to 150 people with the characteristics of male adolescents aged 15-21 years in Yogyakarta. The subject collection technique used purposive sampling with data collected through self-compassion and body dissatisfaction scales. Data were analyzed using product moment correlation. Based on the results of the analysis, the correlation value (rxy) = -0.500 with p = 0.000 was obtained. So that the hypothesis proposed in the study is accepted. This means that there is a significant negative relationship between self-compassion and body dissatisfaction in adolescent boys in Yogyakarta. This shows that the higher the self-compassion in adolescent boys, the lower the body dissatisfaction. The coefficient of determination (R2 ) shows that the self-compassion variable provides an effective contribution of 0.250 or 25% to body dissatisfaction and the remaining 75% is influenced by other factors not examined in this study.
Keywords: self-compassion, body dissatisfaction, adolescent boys
