Effect of Sociocultural Attitude Towards Appearance and Self-Esteem on Body Image Dissatisfaction among Working Women-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Effect of Sociocultural Attitude Towards Appearance and Self-Esteem on Body Image Dissatisfaction among Working Women

Published:2021-06-30 Issue:issue 2 Volume:volume 05 Page:284-294
ISSN:2663-7901
Container-title:Journal of Peace, Development & Communication
language:en
Short-container-title:JPDC

Author:

Qasim Iqra¹,Yasmin Humaira²,Akram Riaz Muhammad³

Affiliation:

1. MS Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus, Sargodha, Pakistan

2. M. Phil Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus, Sargodha, Pakistan

3. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus, Sargodha, Pakistan

Abstract

The main objective of current study was to find out the effect of sociocultural attitude and self-esteem on body image dissatisfaction among working women. Within the present study survey research design was used. The sample included working women (N = 250). Sample was approached through purposive sampling. Sociocultural Attitude toward Appearance Questionnaire (Schaefer et al., 2015), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) and Body Dissatisfaction Scale (Tariq & Ijaz, 2015) were used to collect data and access information from participants. The data was collected through standardized process and analyzed through SPSS-23 version. The findings indicated that sociocultural attitude have negative effect on body image dissatisfaction. Another finding indicated that self-esteem has negative effect on body image dissatisfaction among working women.

Publisher

Peace and Development Foundation - PDF

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