Effects_Of_Stress_On_Body_Image

Effects Of Stress On Body Image The Effects of Stress on Body Image Abstract College tends to put a lot of stress on a person. This can affect the student’s attitudes toward life and work. Significant life changes and stress from the college environment can affect each student in a different way. Men and women have different ways in coping with stress. This study looks at the way stress effects the body image of men and women between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, using a random sample of Salem State College students. Sixteen males and twenty females completed the study. Participants filled out questionnaires that measured stress, anxiety, and body image in various social situations relevant to college students. The questionnaire was a combined evaluation of the Stressful Situations Questionnaire (SSQ) and the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ), measuring respectfully. This study used the Two-Way Analysis test at the .05 significance level. The ANOVA identified a significant interaction effect between stress and gender. Stress, as a variable by itself, was also found to have an effect on body image. Though it did not quite reach a statistical significant level, it remained an important factor. Females stress, body, image, study, questionnaire, situations, test, high, women, level, each, score, eating, college, weight, self-esteem, men, mbsrq, gender, found, evaluation, appearance, variable, themselves, subscales, students, stressful, ssq, scores, role, research, people, orientation, one, males