اضطراب صورة الجسم و علاقته بالعزلة الاجتماعية لدى عينة من الشباب ذو الوزن الزائد

Abstract EN

The aim of the current research is to know the nature of the relationship between the disorder of the body image of youth with overweight and social isolation in addition to checking the extent of predictability of the social isolation of young people with excess weight through the disorder.

of the body image.

The research sample consisted of (120) overweight young men and women in Jeddah Governorate, and a measure of body image disorder was applied to them (Shqair, 2002), and a measure of social isolation by (Omar, 2018).

The researcher also used the statistical program (spss) to analyze the data.

The results of the research found that there is a statistically significant relationship between the disorder of the body image of the overweight youth and their social isolation.

The results also indicated the possibility of predicting the isolation of the overweight youth socially through the disorder of their body image.

The research presented a set of recommendations, the most important of which are: the need to measure the level of social isolation of overweight youth from time to time; To find out and remedy the causes; To improve the counseling process in all social institutions, in addition to making bulletins and documented courses from official bodies to increase awareness and improve body image in youth.