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THE MEDIATING ROLE OF RESILIENCE BETWEEN BODY IMAGE ATTITUDES AND ITS SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES

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Dr Vivek Kumar Shahi, Dr Neena Kohli, Dr Pankaj Tripathi, Alok Pratap Singh, Shreshtha Yadav
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s3.159

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Introduction: Body and appearance are viewed from affective, behavioural, and cognitive vantage points known as body image attitudes. This study looks at two different kinds of attitudes towards one's body: investment attitudes and evaluation attitudes. The term "body image investment" describes the cognitive and behavioural weight that a person gives to his or her physical appearance and body. It is one's own body's cognitive schema. Evaluations of one's body that are either positive or negative and that lead to satisfaction or dissatisfaction are referred to as body image evaluations. Body image evaluations are measured in this study using scales for body image discrepancy, body area satisfaction, and appearance evaluation. In this study, scales measuring overweight preoccupation and appearance orientation are used to measure investment attitudes. Objective: Major objective of this study was to explore the mediating role of resilience between body image attitudes and related social consequences. Method: The sample consists of 383 students from the University of Allahabad and affiliated colleges. Multidimensional body-self relations questionnaire-appearance scale (MBSRQ-AS), The Figure Rating Scale (FRS), Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS), The UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLA-6) and Brief Resilience Scale were used in the current study. Analysis and Results: The obtained data were examined using SPSS 26 and PLS-SEM. According to the findings, resilience significantly mediates both the relationship between appearance evaluation and social consequences as well as the relationship between appearance orientation and social consequences. Resilience did not significantly influence the connection between weight preoccupation and loneliness, body area satisfaction and social appearance anxiety, body image discrepancy (one measure of evaluation attitudes) and social consequences. However, resilience plays a significant mediating role in the associations between overweight preoccupation, social appearance anxiety, body area satisfaction, and loneliness. Conclusion: Resilient People resist external pressure and are willing to stand their ground under trying conditions to maintain their self-worth. As a result, resilience as a personality trait helps to lessen the negative effects of having a negative body image. The results of this study lend credence to the idea that resilience plays a significant role in the adverse effects of having a negative body image by assisting individuals in coping with external pressures relating to their physical appearance and self-image.

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