The Role of Perfectionism and Eating Attitude in Predicting Body Image Concerns in University Female Students

The aim of this research was to study the role of perfectionism and eating attitude in predicting body image concerns in university students.

The statistical population included all Azad university students in the academic year of 2019-2020 in Golestan province. The research sample consisted of 500 university students who were selected through Cluster sampling method. Body image concern questionnaire (Littleton et al, 2005), perfectionism questionnaire (Ahwaz, 1378) and eating attitude(Garner et al. 1982) were used to gather data. The Data were analyzed by stepwise regression analyses.

The results of stepwise regression analyses indicated that there is a correlation coefficient (0.332) between perfectionism and body image concerns, which is significant at the level (P <0.01) and there is a correlation coefficient (0.273) between  eating attitudes and body image concern, which is significant at the level (P <0.01). Perfectionism and eating attitudes can predict 14% of body image concerns.

The findings of the study confirm the role of perfectionism and eating attitudes in predicting body image concerns, which can facilitate the explanation and etiology of this variable.