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Beautiful skin hides all faults - Effects of body satisfaction on self-esteem and shyness in Japanese female youths

Author(s) -

Ohmura Minako,

Yayoi Kojima,

Nakata Yojiro,

Yoko Sawamiya

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

international journal of psychology and counselling

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2141-2499

DOI - 10.5897/ijpc2014.0299

Subject(s) - shyness , psychology , self esteem , path analysis (statistics) , anxiety , social anxiety , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , statistics , mathematics

This study examined the influence of satisfaction from each body part in Japanese female youths on self-esteem and shyness. We hypothesized that body satisfaction in each body part has influence on shyness (social anxiety, social passivity) through self-esteem; and examined the hypothesis using path analysis. As a result, only the body satisfaction of "skin" has been shown to affect shyness and self-esteem. We conclude that body satisfaction especially in "Skin" has important influences on self-esteem and shyness in female youths. Key words: Body satisfaction, self-esteem, shyness, social anxiety, social passivity.

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