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| Published: June 30, 2023
Body Appreciation and Social Comparison in Young Adults of Manipur
Student Kristu Jayanti College Bangalore. Google Scholar More about the auther
Assistant professor, Kristu Jayanti College Bangalore. Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.272.20231102
DOI: 10.25215/1102.272
ABSTRACT
Present study aimed to examine the relationship between Body appreciation and Social comparison of young adults in Manipur. The study also assessed the difference of body appreciation and Social comparison between male and female participants. A descriptive study was carried out and the data was drawn from an online survey of 150 participants. The Body appreciation scale (BAS-2) and Social comparison (INCOM) scales were utilized to gather the data. Independent samples t test was used to interpret the gender difference on body appreciation and Social comparison. Correlation was conducted to see the significant relationship between body appreciation and Social comparison. The findings indicated that there is a significant positive correlation (r=0.48) between Social comparison and body appreciation. There was difference of body appreciation and Social comparison with regard to gender and occupation of the participants.
Keywords
Body Appreciation, Social Comparison, Mental Health, Body Image
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2023, Pangnila, M, PS & Rema, MK
Received: February 18, 2023; Revision Received: June 27, 2023; Accepted: June 30, 2023
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.272.20231102
10.25215/1102.272
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Published in Volume 11, Issue 2, April-June, 2023