Role of Body-Image on Self-Esteem, Mental Health and Interpersonal Relationships of Young Adults

Abstract

The present study had been designed to investigate the role of body-image on self-esteem, mental health and interpersonal relations on young people. For this purpose, a sample of200 students (100 males and 100 females) of the age range 17-30 years from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala took part in this study. Dresden body-image scale, Rosenberg self-esteem scale, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21) and relationship scales questionnaire (Griffin & Bartholmew, 1994) were used to measure body image, self-esteem, mental health and interpersonal relations respectively. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation, regression and t-test. The results indicate body image and self-esteem share positive association. While body-image with mental health shares inverse relationship. To understand relation in more depth the relation between sub-components of body-image with self-esteem, depression, anxiety, stress which are components of mental health and interpersonal relations was also found.