Excessive concerns about body image resulting to body dissatisfaction will not only affect psychological well- being but also predisposes to disordered eating behaviors. The objective of this study is to explore the impact of eating behavior and self-efficacy on body image satisfaction of junior high school students. This quantitative research study was conducted among 430 junior high school students of Iligan City National High School and Dalipuga National High School. Eating Behavior Questionnaire, New General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Adolescent Body Image Satisfaction Scale were used as data gathering instruments of the study. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used, and correlational analysis was applied to identify the significance of eating behavior and self-efficacy to body image satisfaction. Results highlighted that hunger and food responsiveness, food responsiveness and food fussiness, food responsiveness and enjoyment of food, and food fussiness and enjoyment of food has moderate correlation. The study concluded that there was a positive influence between self-efficacy and eating behavior in terms of food responsiveness, food fussiness, and enjoyment of food while no correlation was shown between Self-efficacy and Body Image Satisfaction.

Keywords: body image satisfaction, eating behavior, junior high school students, self-efficacy, psychological well-being