TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF VANITY, NEED FOR PRECISION AND PERSONALITY FACTORS ON BODY IMAGE CONCERN AMONG ADOLESCENTS
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Body image concern, vanity, need for precision, personality, gender, ANOVA, sept-wise multiple regression.
Abstract
Puberty brings significant physical changes during adolescence, often leading to heightened self-consciousness. Concern over one's body image is growing every day especially among teenagers who want to make an identity with their body in front of their peers. To understand this, the present investigation aimed to examine the impact of vanity, need for precision and personality factors on body image concern among adolescents. Sample is comprised of 123 adolescents (females=87; males=36). Standardized psychological measures were used to measure the variables of the study. Descriptive statistics, correlational analysis, ANOVA and step-wise multiple regression analysis were used to analyse the data. Results shows that personality factors like conscientiousness and extraversion impacted negatively on body image concern in female adolescents whereas, neuroticism impacted positively and conscientiousness impacted negatively on body image concern among male adolescents. It is suggested that interventions aimed at improving body image in adolescents could focus on enhancing conscientiousness and reducing neuroticism, particularly for females and males. Promoting emotional regulation and self-awareness may help reduce the negative effects of neuroticism and bolster protective traits like conscientiousness.
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Dr. Noor Glory
Assistant Professor, Amity University Mohali, Punjab, India
Anshika Mehta
Student (B.A. Psychology with Research), Amity University Mohali, Punjab, India