teen body/self image survey

[Lori_Marie]

This is an animus survey I am conducting for an Adolescent development class at Indiana State University. This survey is being conducted to better understand how adolescent males and females feel about themselves and their bodies. I would greatly appreciate it if you could take time to fill out this survey, thank you. Please place an asterisk (*) by your answer. Email the completed survey to XCherryBlossom6X@netscape.com. (15 questions)




1. I am comfortable about the way my body looks?

A. Always
B. Sometimes
C. Most of the time
D. Never

2. I wish I looked more like the guys/girls in magazines and/or on TV

A. Always
B. Sometimes
C. Most of the time
D. Never

3. I worry about what others will think of my clothes I wear

A. Always
B. Sometimes
C. Most of the time
D. Never


4. I feel like I am overweight

A. Always
B. Sometimes
C. Most of the time
D. Never


5. I feel like I am underweight

A. Always
B. Sometimes
C. Most of the time
D. Never



6. I _______ feel like I would look better with plastic surgery

A. Always
B. Sometimes
C. Most of the time
D. Never


7. I eat healthy

A. Always
B. Sometimes
C. Most of the time
D. Never


8. I skip meals (ex. Breakfast, lunch, dinner)

A. Always
B. Sometimes
C. Most of the time
D. Never


9. I weight myself

A. Always
B. Sometimes
C. Most of the time
D. Never


10. I feel comfortable with my body in gym class

A. Always
B. Sometimes
C. Most of the time
D. Never


11. I worry about what girls (if you’re a male) think about the way I look
I worry about what boys (if you’re a female) think about the way I look

A. Always
B. Sometimes
C. Most of the time
D. Never


12. I worry about what people will think of me if I don’t wear the popular brand names of clothes (ex: Tommy, silvers, Abercrombie and Fitch)


13. I worry about being popular at school

A. Always
B. Sometimes
C. Most of the time
D. Never


14. Please fill out the following

Female or male: _______
Age: _______
Grade of school: _______
Location(IN,TX)__________
Ethnicity_________


15. Do you believe you fall into a category (clique or group) at your school if so which one? Ex: popular, jock, nerds.
__________________

[Girl_gunner]

Has this been ok'd with a moderator?

[Namaste]

1. I am comfortable about the way my body looks?

C. Most of the time

2. I wish I looked more like the guys/girls in magazines and/or on TV

D. Never

3. I worry about what others will think of my clothes I wear

B. Sometimes

4. I feel like I am overweight

B. Sometimes

5. I feel like I am underweight

D. HELL NO

6. I _______ feel like I would look better with plastic surgery


D. Never


7. I eat healthy

C. Most of the time

8. I skip meals (ex. Breakfast, lunch, dinner)

B. Sometimes

9. I weight myself

B. Sometimes


10. I feel comfortable with my body in gym class

D. Never (Not because of my bodyshape)

11. I worry about what girls (if you’re a male) think about the way I look
I worry about what boys (if you’re a female) think about the way I look

C. Most of the time

12. I worry about what people will think of me if I don’t wear the popular brand names of clothes (ex: Tommy, silvers, Abercrombie and Fitch)

I'm not that shallow (i.e. never)

13. I worry about being popular at school

B. Sometimes


14. Please fill out the following

Female or male: __F__
Age: 21
Grade of school: ______Na_
Location(IN,TX)_____UK_____
Ethnicity___White______


15. Do you believe you fall into a category (clique or group) at your school if so which one? Ex: popular, jock, nerds. Uhm rocker? I s'pose I'm a tiny bit of a geek too.

[Namaste]

Oops, shoulda read the thread...

By the way, I don't mean to be nasty but am givin' you some advice. I don't believe this is a very good research method for the subject. On understanding feelings you can't use pure statistics, however much you wish to believe that you may get qualitative data from this survey.

Try triangulation, case studies, that kinda thing.

[Lori_Marie]

It's just for a school project on teens and their self image. If anyone would like to coment further on their thoughts about the subject then by all means do, Just trying to use what little resources i have.

P.S. are you majoring in psychology? just wondering.

[Namaste]

It's just for a school project on teens and their self image. If anyone would like to coment further on their thoughts about the subject then by all means do, Just trying to use what little resources i have.

P.S. are you majoring in psychology? just wondering.
I've done psychology and sociology and research was my best area... The problem with your tests partially are because they're ethnocentric (biased towards your culture), we have a different schooling system to yours.

Personally I think that a survey wouldn't really do the topic justice, but I guess seeing as it's for school it doesn't matter so much as whether a large company were doing it.

[pinkslippers]

The ethnocentricity of this research would result in biased results towards the western world. But then body image in some cultures is a meer thought. In your research/assignment you would need to state this, hey it'd even get you so extra marks. :)

[melodie]

1. I am comfortable about the way my body looks?

C. Most of the time


2. I wish I looked more like the guys/girls in magazines and/or on TV

D. Never


3. I worry about what others will think of my clothes I wear

C. Most of the time


4. I feel like I am overweight

B. Sometimes



5. I feel like I am underweight

D. Never



6. I _______ feel like I would look better with plastic surgery


D. Never


7. I eat healthy

A. Always


8. I skip meals (ex. Breakfast, lunch, dinner)

D. Never


9. I weight myself

B. Sometimes


10. I feel comfortable with my body in gym class

A. Always


11. I worry about what girls (if you’re a male) think about the way I look
I worry about what boys (if yu’re a female) think about the way I look

A. Always


12. I worry about what people will think of me if I don’t wear the popular brand names of clothes (ex: Tommy, silvers, Abercrombie and Fitch)

D. Never

13. I worry about being popular at school

D. Never


14. Please fill out the following

Female or male: F
Age: 19
Grade of school: N/A
Location(IN,TX) Eng
Ethnicity cacausion


15. Do you believe you fall into a category (clique or group) at your school if so which one? Ex: popular, jock, nerds. N/A

[melodie]

The enthnocentricity of this research would result in biased results towards the western world. But then body image in some cultures is a meer thought. In your research/assignment you would need to state this, hey it'd even get you so extra marks. :)

ethnocentricity. sorry, you spelt it wrong. The first line makes sense whereas the rest of your statement does not, your assumptions that he needs to put in the differences between the cultures is preposterous. Each different culture will look at it in a different angle i:e Canada and America will view it differently as will Scotland will view it differently to England and so on and so forth.

[pinkslippers]

ethnocentricity. sorry, you spelt it wrong. The first line makes sense whereas the rest of your statement does not, your assumptions that he needs to put in the differences between the cultures is preposterous. Each different culture will look at it in a different angle i:e Canada and America will view it differently as will Scotland will view it differently to England and so on and so forth.
oops a simple spelling error. Oh and any person studing psychology would understand what I meant. So stop trying to pick holes.

[JsT]

I couldn't be bothered to fill in the survey, so I signed up your email to a shitload of spam lists instead.

[Lori_Marie]

i have a spam filter...so what was your point?

[ruby_soho]

I couldn't be bothered to fill in the survey, so I signed up your email to a shitload of spam lists instead.

:lol:

Well at least you was up too something productive.

[satehen]

-']Oops, shoulda read the thread...

By the way, I don't mean to be nasty but am givin' you some advice. I don't believe this is a very good research method for the subject. On understanding feelings you can't use pure statistics, however much you wish to believe that you may get qualitative data from this survey.

Try triangulation, case studies, that kinda thing.


Are you doing a piece of research too? qualitative data is ok, but it has it's limitations. If you want to get vast amount of opinions i'd say qauntatative is far the easiest and quickest. Though perhaps to get triangulation there should be a random selection process followed by interviews in more depth.

[spanner]

Has this been ok'd with a moderator?

No it hasn't. And it should have been.
Lori_Marie - you should have known from reading the rules that you have to get permission for these things. I am going to close the thread and if anyone wants to answer they can PM you. Ask next time.