A PREEXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO ASSISTED TEACHING REGARDING INSTAGRAM FITSPIRATION ON BODY IMAGE SATISFACTION AMONG ADOLESCENT STUDENTS AT SELECTED SCHOOL DEHRADUN
Authors:   Associate Professor HOD, Mental Health Nursing S.G.R.R.U, College of Nursing Patel Nagar, Dehradun., a Reena , Aswal Shalini ,   M.sc nursing 2nd year.
Published: October 2022

Body image relates to how people think and feel about their own body. It relates to a persons perceptions, feelings, and thoughts about his or her body and is usually conceptualized as incorporating body size estimation, evaluation of body attractiveness, and emotions associated with body shape and size.Fitspiration, an amalgamation of the words fitness and inspiration has been put forward as a healthy antidote to thinspiration. Thinspiration, an unhealthy internet-based trend, idealises and promotes bodily thinness through harmful weight loss strategies. Despite fitspiration s aims to inspire positivity and a healthy lifestyle. Problem Statement: A Pre-experimental study to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching regarding Instagram fitspiration on body image satisfaction among adolescent students at selected school of Dehradun. Objectives of the study: 1. To assess the body image satisfaction among adolescent students. 2. To assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching regarding Instagram fitspiration on body image satisfaction among adolescent students. 3. To find out the association between post-test score of the adolescent students with selected socio- demographic variables. Methodology:A quantitative research approach was used. The research design was pre-experimental. The study was conducted in Fylfot Public School Dehradun. The conceptual framework used for this study is based on system of model. The research design used for this study was one group pre-test post-test design. Data collection using nonprobability convenient sampling and sample size is 40. Pilot study was conducted with constructed tool with which it as found reliable respectively. The data was collected to assess the satisfaction level in a view to prepare a video assisting teaching by using knowledge questionnaire. The data collection was analysed and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Majority 62.5% of samples were in the age group16 years, 55% of samples were male, 97.5% of samples in 11th class, 100% of sample belong to urban area, 42.5% of samples family income was more than 30,000. 85% of samples had no previous knowledge regarding body image, 57.5% previous knowledge regarding Instagram Fitspiration. In the study the mean post-test satisfaction level of students was significantly higher than the mean pre-test scores. The calculated t valueâ€– is 22.053 was more than the table value at 0.5 level of significance. There is significance association between previous knowledge regarding Instagram fitspiration but there is no association between age, gender, class, place of living, family income, previous knowledge regarding body image at significance level 0.05. Recommendation: 1. The same study can be repeated with large samples. 2. The study can be done in adults who are studying in selected college of Dehradun. Discussion: Based on the objectives of the study, a knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching regarding Instagram Fitspiration on body image. It was considered to be appropriate instrument. Conclusion: The study concludes that the satisfaction level regarding body image among adolescents was found 75% Good.