Study on the mediator role of self-esteem in the relationship between female self-objectification and social physique anxiety
BACKGROUND: Women's perception of body image plays an important role in their psychological health; self-objectification and social physique anxiety can affect self-esteem. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the mediator of self-esteem in the relationship between self-obje...
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| description | BACKGROUND: Women's perception of body image plays an important role in their psychological health; self-objectification and social physique anxiety can affect self-esteem. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the mediator of self-esteem in the relationship between self-objectification and social physique anxiety in female students at Hakim Sabzevari University in Sabzevar.
MATERIALS AND METHOD: The method of this descriptive research is correlational. The statistical population of this study is all the female students of Sabzevar, Department of Humanities. Using Morgan's table, 291 subjects were selected as a sample. To collect data, Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Questionnaire, McKinley and Hyde's Self-Objectification Questionnaire, and Hart et al., Social Physique Anxiety Questionnaire were used. After filling out the questionnaires, the data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 24 and descriptive indexes were used. Also, for correlation, to test the research question, a suitable statistical test such as hierarchical regression was used.
RESULTS: The results of the analysis of statistical data showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between self-objectification and self-esteem. Also, there is a significant positive correlation between this variable and social physique anxiety. Also, using hierarchical regression, the role of mediating self-esteem was confirmed in the relationship between self-objectification and social physique anxiety.
CONCLUSION: Those who have a high score in self-objectification think of themselves as an object and are always concerned about evaluating others based on their body image, so if their body image is not approved by others, they will have a negative assessment of themselves that causes a decrease in their self-esteem followed by an increase in the social anxiety of the organs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90e7fadae601475fae1c52fc159d4e492024-04-01T05:57:03ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Education and Health Promotion2277-95312023-01-0112138538510.4103/jehp.jehp_597_22Study on the mediator role of self-esteem in the relationship between female self-objectification and social physique anxietyHassan BagheriniaSeyed A SaghebiBACKGROUND: Women's perception of body image plays an important role in their psychological health; self-objectification and social physique anxiety can affect self-esteem. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the mediator of self-esteem in the relationship between self-objectification and social physique anxiety in female students at Hakim Sabzevari University in Sabzevar. MATERIALS AND METHOD: The method of this descriptive research is correlational. The statistical population of this study is all the female students of Sabzevar, Department of Humanities. Using Morgan's table, 291 subjects were selected as a sample. To collect data, Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Questionnaire, McKinley and Hyde's Self-Objectification Questionnaire, and Hart et al., Social Physique Anxiety Questionnaire were used. After filling out the questionnaires, the data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 24 and descriptive indexes were used. Also, for correlation, to test the research question, a suitable statistical test such as hierarchical regression was used. RESULTS: The results of the analysis of statistical data showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between self-objectification and self-esteem. Also, there is a significant positive correlation between this variable and social physique anxiety. Also, using hierarchical regression, the role of mediating self-esteem was confirmed in the relationship between self-objectification and social physique anxiety. CONCLUSION: Those who have a high score in self-objectification think of themselves as an object and are always concerned about evaluating others based on their body image, so if their body image is not approved by others, they will have a negative assessment of themselves that causes a decrease in their self-esteem followed by an increase in the social anxiety of the organs.http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2023;volume=12;issue=1;spage=385;epage=385;aulast=Bagheriniaself-esteemself-objectificationsocial physique anxiety |
| spellingShingle | Hassan Bagherinia Seyed A Saghebi Study on the mediator role of self-esteem in the relationship between female self-objectification and social physique anxiety Journal of Education and Health Promotion self-esteem self-objectification social physique anxiety |
| title | Study on the mediator role of self-esteem in the relationship between female self-objectification and social physique anxiety |
| title_full | Study on the mediator role of self-esteem in the relationship between female self-objectification and social physique anxiety |
| title_fullStr | Study on the mediator role of self-esteem in the relationship between female self-objectification and social physique anxiety |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study on the mediator role of self-esteem in the relationship between female self-objectification and social physique anxiety |
| title_short | Study on the mediator role of self-esteem in the relationship between female self-objectification and social physique anxiety |
| title_sort | study on the mediator role of self esteem in the relationship between female self objectification and social physique anxiety |
| topic | self-esteem self-objectification social physique anxiety |
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