The Relationship between Social Comparison and Body Dissatisfaction in Early Adult Women
Keywords:
Body Dissatisfaction, Early Adult Women, Social ComparisonAbstract
This study aims to determine the relationship between social comparison and body dissatisfaction in early adult women. This research used quantitative methods with a total of 204 respondents. This sampling technique uses accidental sampling. The tool for measuring body dissatisfaction is the scale compiled by Cooper, Taylor, Cooper, and Fairburm (1987), while the tool for measuring social comparison is the scale compiled by O'brien, Caputi, Minto, Peoples, and Hooper (2009). The results of hypothesis testing in this study used the Spearman rho test with results r=0.854 with p=0.000. These results show that there is a significant positive relationship between social comparison and body dissatisfaction in early adult women. The implication of this research is that it is hoped that it will provide knowledge for early adult women not to carry out excessive social comparisons in terms of appearance and body shape so as not to trigger body dissatisfaction
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