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The purposes of this study were to explore some related factors concerning body image,self-esteem and personal adjustment of the adolescent girls.The subjects were 764 girls drawing from junior high schools at Taipei, Taichung, and Tainan.The instruments used in the study included Physical Development Scale,Body Image Scale,Self-Esteen Scale , and Personal Adjustment Scale.The data were statistically analyzed by Factor Analysis, Reliability Analysis, One-way MANOVA, Discriminant Analysis, Canonical Correlation, and Step-wise Multiple Regression.The major findings were as follows：1. For today''s junior high school girls, the average ageon set of the menarche coming is 12.41 year-old. At that time , the average weight is 45.88kg,and the average height is 153.45cm. But for the 7th-grade girls, the average weight is 47.96kg, and the average height is 156.58cm；for the 8th-grade girls, the average weight is 51.28 kg,and the average height is 158.55cm；for the 9th-grade girls, the average weight is 52.71 kg,and the average height is 158.55cm.2. There are 64.10﹪junior high school girls are satisfied with their development of breast,and 31.73﹪junior high school girls feel confused with the development of breast during the puberty；44.4﹪girls hope that their breast will be bigger though 9﹪girls hope that their breast will be smaller.3. For the early maturiy,girls'' opinions of weight focus on 「very dissatisfied」 ； the opinions of 「bottock」、「the height of leg」and 「thigh」focus on 「dissatisfied」；but for the late maturity , girls'' opinions focus on 「dissatisfied」.4.There were significant differences in the variables of adolescent girls'' grade and timing of menarche on body image.5.There were no significant differences existed among the variables of SES and academic achievement on body image.6.There were significant differences in the varables of adolescent girls'' grade , academic achievement and timing of menarche on self esteem.7.There were no significant differences existed among the variables of SES on self esteem.8.There were significant differences in the variables of adolescent girls'' academic achievement and SES on personal adjustment.9. There were no significant differences existed among the variables of grade and timing of menarche on personal adjustment.10.There were significant correlation between body image（face,trunk,limbs）and self-esteem（body, school ,unity）.11. There were significant correlation between body image（face,trunk,limbs）and personal adjustment（individual,school and family adjustment）.12. There were significant correlation between personal adjustment（individual,school and family adjustment）and self-esteem（body, parents, school ,unity and life）.13. The variables of grade, academis achievement,early and late maturity,the body image of face and trunle, the self esteem （parent,body, unity,school）could significantly predict the individual adjustment.14. The variables of academics achievement,early and late maturity, self esteem（parent,body, unity）,and body image（trunk,unity）could significantly predict the family adjustment.15. The variables of academics achievement, self esteem（parent,body, unity,school）,and body image（unity）could significantly predict the school adjustment.According to research results, this study provids some suggestions for adolescent girls,their parents, school administration, and the educational autyority.
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