Date of Completion

2021

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

COVID-19, College Students, Body Image, Students, Nursing

Abstract

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: A. GENERAL To determine the perceived effects of community quarantine on the body image of the DLSMHSI nursing students. B. SPECIFIC 1. To determine the profile of the respondents in terms of sex, year level, and social media use. 2. To identify the perceived effects of community quarantine on the body image of the respondents. 3. To determine the significant differences in the perceived effects of community quarantine on the body image of the respondents when grouped according to sex, year level, and social media use

METHODOLOGY: The study used a quantitative non-experimental descriptive research design. The instruments that were utilized in this study were the modified Body Appreciation Scale 2 (Tylka & Wood-Barcalow, 2015), Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (Lydecker, 2015), and the Body Checking Questionnaire (Reas et al., 2002). The BAS-2, BIAQ, and BCQ used in the study were modified by the researchers to address the body appreciation and body image concerns during the specific period of community quarantine. Data were analyzed using statistical treatments including the independent t-test, F-test, mean, frequency, percentage, standard deviation, and ANOVA.

MAJOR FINDINGS: The following results were obtained from this study: 1. Out of 263 respondents, 206 or 78% are female, whereas 57 or 22% are male; 111 or 42.2% are first-year nursing students, 71 or 27% are secondyear nursing students, 67 or 25.5% are third-year nursing students, and 14 or 5.3% are fourth-year nursing students; 3 or 1% respondents rarely used social media, 20 or 8% respondents sometimes used social media, and 240 or 91% respondents often used social media. 2. The overall mean of 3.25 with a standard deviation of 0.487 revealed that the respondents perceived the community quarantine had moderate positive effects on their body image. On average, the DLSMHSI BSN students perceived community quarantine to have moderately positive effects on their body image and refers to favorable, accepting views of their body image. 3. It was concluded that males perceived community quarantine to have higher positive effects on their body image than females. The computed tratio of 3.068 with a p-value of 0.003 is significant at 0.05 level using 76.713 degrees of freedom revealed that there is a significant difference in the perceived effects of community quarantine on the body image of the respondents when they were grouped according to sex. 4. It was concluded that regardless of year level, the respondents perceived the community quarantine to have moderately positive effects on their body image. The computed F value of 0.815 with a p-value of 0.487 is not significant at 0.05 level using 3 and 259 degrees of freedom revealed that there is no significant difference in the perceived effects of community quarantine on the body image of the respondents when they were grouped according to year level. 5. It was concluded that regardless of social media use, the respondents perceived the community quarantine to have moderately positive effects on their body image. The computed F value of 2.005 with a p-value of 0.130 is not significant at 0.05 level using 2 and 260 degrees of freedom revealed that there is no significant difference in the perceived effects of community quarantine on the body image of the respondents when they were grouped according to social media use.

CONCLUSIONS: Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were drawn: 1. Majority of the respondents (a) were female, (b) used social media often, and (c) were first-year students. 2. On average, DLSMHSI Nursing students perceived that the community quarantine had moderate positive effects on their body image. 3. Regardless of their year level and social media use, nursing students similarly perceived that the community quarantine had a moderate positive effect on their body image. However, male students had a more positive perception of the effect of community quarantine on their body image compared to females.

First Advisor

Deane Joy E. Agoncillo RN, MAN

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