Self-Perception, Body-Image and Self-Esteem among Young Adults

A study was conducted with 120 young adults, from Delhi NCR to determine relation between self-perception, body-image and self-esteem. Subjects were 50% male (N=60) and 50% female (N=60) with age range between 18-25 years. Questionnaire of all three variables were used such as Self-perception profile for emerging adults with 45 items, the Coopersmith self-esteem inventory (CSEI) with 58 items and the body-image questionnaire with 19 items. After analyzing the data, no significant difference on the level of self-perception, body-image and self-esteem in both male and female young adults was found. But the correlation between all three variables were found significant on both the levels in both male and female young adults.