Body image and self-acceptance as predictors for psychosocial performance among young women in Jordan

Abstract

This study aims to collects and analysis data to measure the predictive ability of body image and self-acceptance on psychosocial performance among young women in Jordan. Questionnaires were applied to 82 young women, whose age ranged from 18–50 years using the available method. Three scales were used, which are body image and self-acceptance and psychosocial performance scales. Three variables were examined: marital status, educational qualification, and age. The study results showed that cultural factors are the most influential on body satisfaction among Jordanian young women, and the psychological aspect is the most affected aspect by self-acceptance among Jordanian young women, and that self-acceptance predicts psychosocial performance more than the body image variable, which comes in second place. There were no statistically significant differences due to each of the variables of social status, educational qualification, and age. The study recommends conducting more research on different samples from both sexes.

Keywords

• Body image
• self-acceptance
• psychosocial performance
• young women
• Jordan