A study of the relationship between social anxiety, social self-efficacy and body image in the girl students of the Islamic Azad University at Tonekabon Branch

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the social anxiety, social self-efficacy and body image in the girl students of the Islamic Azad University at Tonekabon Branch. The statistical sample is 240 girl students selected by stratified random sampling among 630 girl students who were studying in B.A level of humanities college in the Islamic Azad University at Tonekabon Branch in the academic year of 2012-2013. The tool used in this research consists of: social anxiety scale (Conor et al, 2000), self-efficacy scale for the social situations (Gaudiano and Herbert, 2003) and body image test (Fischer, 1970). The statistical analysis by Pearson correlation and multivariable regression showed that there was a negative and significant relationship between the social anxiety and body image of the girl students while there was a positive and significant relationship between the social self-efficacy and body image of the girl students.