Studi Kualitatif Persepsi Citra Tubuh Remaja ... (Pusparini, dkk.) 15 STUDI KUALITATIF PERSEPSI CITRA TUBUH REMAJA YANG KURUS DAN GEMUK SERTA UPAYA UNTUK MENCAPAI TUBUH IDEAL PADA SISWI SMA NEGERI 1 KOTA BOGOR Pusparini 1 , Refdanita 2 , Tonny C Maigoda 3 , dan Dodik Briawan 4 1 Jurusan Gizi Poltekkes Bandung Jl. Babakan Loa - Gunung Batu, Cimahi Utara-Kota Cimahi, Bandung 2 Prodi Farmasi ISTN Jakarta 3 Jurusan Gizi Poltekkes Bengkulu 4 Departemen Gizi FEMA IPB Abstract Body image distortion has been linked with mind, emotion, sensation and strongly related to size, and shape of individual performance. This research aimed to investigate the perception of body image for adolesscent in the second grade of senior high school in SMAN 1 Bogor. A qualitative design was used to conduct this research by using indepth interview with phenomenology approach. Six stu- dents, who were all women, consist of three students were overweight/obese and the other were lean. All of students were interviewed regarding their perception related three domain areas which were: body perception, perception of current body and efforts for achieving the ideal body composition shape. The findings indicated the three student who were overweigt/obese pointed out that they were happy and accepted with their performance but they were not better performing. The other of three student who were lean stated that they had many perception with their body image such as: thin, was not good looking,and unbalancing high and weight. Almost all of the students had a similar perception about their body image whether they were overweight/obese and lean. They were not unhappy with their perfor- mance, but they had the same opinion about ideal body shape. Keywords: Body Image Perception, Ideal Body. PENDAHULUAN Citra tubuh merupakan per- sepsi, perasaan dan pikiran seseorang mengenai bentuk tubuh yang dimiliki- nya. Penilaian ini dibentuk ber- dasarkan persepsi, emosi, sensasi fisik, dan dapat berubah sesuai dengan suasana hati, pengalaman fisik yang dialami, dan pendapat orang lain yang ada di lingkungan orang tersebut. Persepsi citra tubuh seseorang ter- hadap tubuh ideal, dibagi menjadi dua, yaitu persepsi tubuh ideal positif dan persepsi tubuh ideal negatif. Persepsi tubuh positif, jika hasil hasil persepsi seseorang terhadap bentuk tubuhnya sama dengan status gizi yang dimiliki, sedangkan persepsi tubuh negatif, jika hasil persepsi seseorang terhadap tubuhnya berbeda dengan status gizi