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    Insatisfacción corporal en adolescentes del Colegio de Bachillerato Ciudad de Cuenca en Azuay, en el periodo 2022-2023
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2023-11-06) García Cando, Jocelyne Doménica; Lliguicota Rojas, Joselyn Nicole; Cordero Hermida, María Fernanda
    Body dissatisfaction in adolescence plays a very important role, since here occurs a period with a series of biopsychosocial changes that significantly affect the individual; in this regard, one of the changes occurs at the body level, which can lead to developing levels of body dissatisfaction. This research aimed to determine the levels of body dissatisfaction in adolescents according to sociodemographic variables and the predominant factors of dissatisfaction. The study had a quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive and crosssectional approach, working with a random probabilistic sample of 170 students. The Body Shape Questionnaire was applied. Among the most relevant results, a predominance of body dissatisfaction in women was obtained; In the same way, it was possible to observe that 14- year-old adolescents were the ones who presented the most dissatisfaction with 87.5%, compared to the remaining ages that presented less dissatisfaction, it was also evidenced that the adolescents who presented the most dissatisfaction are those of first year of high school, since 80.86% present some level of body dissatisfaction. For this reason, the adolescent stage can be considered as a vital stage in which feelings of dissatisfaction with their body appear