Role of Body Image Satisfaction and their Link with Self-Compassion and Psychological Well-being

Abstract

The current study explored the “Role of Body Image Satisfaction and their link with Self Compassion and Psychological Well-being among University Students”. Cross sectional survey research design was used to collect data from University students. Data was collected from University of Haripur and Islamia University Islamabad by using purposive sampling technique. The sample comprised of 300 students which consists of 150 males and 150 females. Three reliable instruments were used to take the response of participants including: Body Self-Image Questionnaire (BSIQ) is given by Thomas F. Cash (2000), Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) by a team of researchers from the University of Warwick and the University of Edinburgh (2006) and Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form (SCS-SF). SCS-SF (Neff, 2003). Data was analyzed through SPSS. Through correlation results it is concluded that selfcompassion has significant positive correlation with body image satisfaction and psychological well-being significantly correlated with each other. Value of t-test indicated that male students exhibited higher score on mental well-being scale compared to the female students and also t-test indicate students having educated parents exhibited higher score on self-compassion scale. One way analysis of variance of social media usage indicated that students who use social media less than 3 hours exhibited higher level of psychological well-being as compared to the students who use 3 to 6 hours and more than 6 hours per day.