The Relationship Between Body Image and Resilience Among College Students – A Correlational Study

Resilience in women has been linked to body image, in many pieces of research. However, in men, not much is known about this. The present study’s objective is to investigate the link between resilience and body image in both men and women. 120 students (60 male and 60 female) from Amity University, Noida participated in this study, and the tools used in the present study are Body Image Questionnaire (BIQ) and Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). Correlational analysis and t-test were used for statistical analysis. The results that came out were that there is no significant relationship between Body Image and Resilience and there is a gender difference in both body image and resilience among males as well as females.