Prediction of Therapeutic Daily Dietary Intake Based on Body Image Concern, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Self-Concept in Students

Since the researchers always pay attention to the factors related to the physical and psychological health of adolescence, therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the prediction of therapeutic daily dietary intake based on body image concern, difficulties in emotion regulation, and self-concept in secondary high school girl students of Ahvaz.

The population of this study was all secondary high school girl students of Ahvaz city. A sample of 360 girl students was selected by multi-stage cluster random-assignment sampling. The research design was descriptive-correlational. For collecting Data, Littleton & et al body image concern questionnaire (2005), Gratz & Roemer difficulties in emotion regulation Scale (2004), Beck self-concept questionnaire (1978), and Martz & et al cognitive-behavioral dieting Scale (1996) were used.

The results of Pearson's simple correlation coefficient showed that there was a significant correlation between body image concern (p<0.01, r=0.389), difficulties in emotion regulation (p<0.01, r=0.245), and self-concept (p<0.01, r=0.214) with therapeutic daily dietary intake. Also, regression showed that self-concept and body image concern were more appropriate predictor variables for therapeutic daily dietary intake respectively.

According to the findings, strengthening the self-concept, body image positive and, emotion regulation in adolescents can be effective in their daily dietary intake.