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Body Image Dissatisfaction and Self-esteem: Resilience As a Mediator


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It has been shown that a person's well-being is impacted by how he or she feels about his or her body. The study's goal was to examine the connection between Indian girls' self-esteem and body image dissatisfaction. The majority of body image research has concentrated mainly on undesirable traits that cause distortion or dissatisfaction. Few studies have looked at the protective variables that shield certain women against the emergence of a negative body image. The goal of the current study was to examine the positive features of body image as well as determine whether resilience influences how people feel about their bodies. Data were collected from 100 female participants, age 17-22 years. A demographic sheet, the Body Shape Questionnaire34, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, BMI assessments, and the Resilience scale were among the tools employed. According to the findings, self-esteem was substantially correlated with body image dissatisfaction. Resilience also partially mediated the link between selfesteem and body dissatisfaction.

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body image dissatisfaction, self-esteem, resilience.
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Dr. Jaya Rajagopalan
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Psychology, St Mira's College for Girls, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Abstract


It has been shown that a person's well-being is impacted by how he or she feels about his or her body. The study's goal was to examine the connection between Indian girls' self-esteem and body image dissatisfaction. The majority of body image research has concentrated mainly on undesirable traits that cause distortion or dissatisfaction. Few studies have looked at the protective variables that shield certain women against the emergence of a negative body image. The goal of the current study was to examine the positive features of body image as well as determine whether resilience influences how people feel about their bodies. Data were collected from 100 female participants, age 17-22 years. A demographic sheet, the Body Shape Questionnaire34, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, BMI assessments, and the Resilience scale were among the tools employed. According to the findings, self-esteem was substantially correlated with body image dissatisfaction. Resilience also partially mediated the link between selfesteem and body dissatisfaction.

Keywords


body image dissatisfaction, self-esteem, resilience.

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