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Lehmkuhl, Gerd and Lehmkuhl, Ulrike (2020). Adolescence and the obsession with beauty. The culture of perfecting the body: between demand and reality. Z. Individ., 45 (1). S. 64 - 77. GOTTINGEN: VANDENHOECK & RUPRECHT GMBH & CO KG. ISSN 2196-8330

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Abstract

The demand for beauty and bodily perfection presents an increasing challenge for today's adolescents. New developments in media and technology play an important role in how today's adolescents evaluate themselves. A survey of 730 young people showed that one third of the adolescents were dissatisfied with their physical appearance and experienced social pressure from their parents and peers concerning their appearance. With reference to case material from two patients, we discuss the psychodynamics of this issue, including the development of a low self-esteem, social retreat and a basic sense of insufficiency. In order to develop a stable identity, these adolescents seem in urgent need of a personal narrative in which they can make their own decisions and find their own opinions in a self-assertive stance that counters the pressure from social media and social norms.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lehmkuhl, Gerd UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lehmkuhl, Ulrike UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-347551
DOI:	10.13109/zind.2020.45.1.64
Journal or Publication Title:	Z. Individ.
Volume:	45
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 64 - 77
Date:	2020
Publisher:	VANDENHOECK & RUPRECHT GMBH & CO KG
Place of Publication:	GOTTINGEN
ISSN:	2196-8330
Language:	German
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; DIFFICULTIES-QUESTIONNAIRE; IMAGE; CHILD; STRENGTHS Multiple languages Psychology, Psychoanalysis Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/34755