RELATIONSHIP OF BODY IMAGE WITH EATING DISORDER IN FEMALE ADOLESCENT

In adolescence there is an increased awareness of the body image. The majority of female adolescent think that a thin, slim and small body is a perfect form. The existence of changes in the increase in body fat during puberty causes female often feel less satisfied and causes adolescents to control body weight to achieve the ideal body shape concept. The aim of study to find out the relationship between body image with eating disorder in female adolescent. This study used an analytical method with a cross sectional design that included 80 students of SMK Borneo Lestari. Subjects were chosen by stratified random sampling technique. The research instrument was a Multidimensional Body Self Relations Questionnaire Appearance Scale (MBSRQ-AS) questionnaire and Eating Attitude Test (EAT) questionnaire which was modified. Data analysis using spearman correlation test. The results showed the majority of respondents had a positive body image (81.9%) and had a risk of mild eating disorders (56.3%). The Spearman correlation test showed that there was no significant relationship between body image and eating disorder in female adolescent pv = 0.717 (α> 0.05). This shows that the higher the total body image of a person, the higher the total score of eating disorders, which means the more positive the body image will be risk to mild of eating disorders.