Girls’ Self-Esteem and its Association with Self-Stigma toward Obesity
Background: Obesity among girls can lead to physical, psychological, or social problems. Enhancing self-esteem and reducing self-stigma toward obesity can play a crucial role in girls’ health. This study aims to assess girls’ self-esteem and its association with self-stigma toward obesity. Materials...
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2025-03-01
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| author | Mohammed Baqer Abbas Al-Jubouri Hassan A. Athbi Wuod A. Hassan Hanan H. Owed Nabaa S. Malik Hadeel B. Jasim Maha M. Sabar Fatimah A. Almusaedi Namaa D. Salman |
| author_facet | Mohammed Baqer Abbas Al-Jubouri Hassan A. Athbi Wuod A. Hassan Hanan H. Owed Nabaa S. Malik Hadeel B. Jasim Maha M. Sabar Fatimah A. Almusaedi Namaa D. Salman |
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Obesity among girls can lead to physical, psychological, or social problems. Enhancing self-esteem and reducing self-stigma toward obesity can play a crucial role in girls’ health. This study aims to assess girls’ self-esteem and its association with self-stigma toward obesity.
Materials and Methods:
A descriptive cross-sectional design was used to meet the study’s objective. A convenience sampling method was used to gather the sample from 24 middle and high schools in five cities across Iraq from (January 2023 to March 2023). A total of 1326 girls participated in the study. Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were used to assess self-stigma and self-esteem regarding obesity. Pearson’s rho (r) and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data by SPSS version 26.
Results:
In total, 1200 girls scored on weight self-stigma and self-esteem, and the means (SD) were 29.28 (±7.06) and 30.47 (4.43), respectively. The results revealed that there was a significant negative correlation between weight self-stigma and self-esteem (r = -.404, p < 0.001).
Conclusions:
Iraqi girls with higher obesity-related stigma have lower self-esteem. Hence, as obesity can affect girls’ body image, increasing girls’ self-esteem can reduce their weight self-stigma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-822617d075c5480bbd00dba3eddd06e62025-08-20T02:09:45ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research1735-90662228-55042025-03-0130220621010.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_331_23Girls’ Self-Esteem and its Association with Self-Stigma toward ObesityMohammed Baqer Abbas Al-JubouriHassan A. AthbiWuod A. HassanHanan H. OwedNabaa S. MalikHadeel B. JasimMaha M. SabarFatimah A. AlmusaediNamaa D. SalmanBackground: Obesity among girls can lead to physical, psychological, or social problems. Enhancing self-esteem and reducing self-stigma toward obesity can play a crucial role in girls’ health. This study aims to assess girls’ self-esteem and its association with self-stigma toward obesity. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was used to meet the study’s objective. A convenience sampling method was used to gather the sample from 24 middle and high schools in five cities across Iraq from (January 2023 to March 2023). A total of 1326 girls participated in the study. Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were used to assess self-stigma and self-esteem regarding obesity. Pearson’s rho (r) and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data by SPSS version 26. Results: In total, 1200 girls scored on weight self-stigma and self-esteem, and the means (SD) were 29.28 (±7.06) and 30.47 (4.43), respectively. The results revealed that there was a significant negative correlation between weight self-stigma and self-esteem (r = -.404, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Iraqi girls with higher obesity-related stigma have lower self-esteem. Hence, as obesity can affect girls’ body image, increasing girls’ self-esteem can reduce their weight self-stigma.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_331_23obesityself-conceptsocial stigmawomen |
| spellingShingle | Mohammed Baqer Abbas Al-Jubouri Hassan A. Athbi Wuod A. Hassan Hanan H. Owed Nabaa S. Malik Hadeel B. Jasim Maha M. Sabar Fatimah A. Almusaedi Namaa D. Salman Girls’ Self-Esteem and its Association with Self-Stigma toward Obesity Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research obesity self-concept social stigma women |
| title | Girls’ Self-Esteem and its Association with Self-Stigma toward Obesity |
| title_full | Girls’ Self-Esteem and its Association with Self-Stigma toward Obesity |
| title_fullStr | Girls’ Self-Esteem and its Association with Self-Stigma toward Obesity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Girls’ Self-Esteem and its Association with Self-Stigma toward Obesity |
| title_short | Girls’ Self-Esteem and its Association with Self-Stigma toward Obesity |
| title_sort | girls self esteem and its association with self stigma toward obesity |
| topic | obesity self-concept social stigma women |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_331_23 |
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