Relationship between Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity, Fear of Intimacy and Body Image in Young Adults

Abstract

The current study aimed at studying the relationship between anxious concerns of one’s appearance with one’s opinion on their body image and the fear of intimacy. Appearance refers to the way someone looks. Body image is the perception of one’s body. To investigate the relationship between appearance-based rejection sensitivity, fear of intimacy and the sub-scales of body image perception. To check how strongly these variables can affect each other in the age group of 18-25 years old men and women. It was found that there is a weak relation between all the variables, i.e., appearance, body image and fear of intimacy.