Body Appreciation and Social Comparison in Young Adults of Manipur

Abstract

Present study aimed to examine the relationship between Body appreciation and Social comparison of young adults in Manipur. The study also assessed the difference of body appreciation and Social comparison between male and female participants.  A descriptive study was carried out and the data was drawn from an online survey of 150 participants.  The Body appreciation scale (BAS-2) and Social comparison (INCOM) scales were utilized to gather the data. Independent samples t test was used to interpret the gender difference on body appreciation and Social comparison. Correlation was conducted to see the significant relationship between body appreciation and Social comparison. The findings indicated that there is a significant positive correlation (r=0.48) between Social comparison and body appreciation. There was difference of body appreciation and Social comparison with regard to gender and occupation of the participants.