Self-esteem, body-esteem, emotional intelligence, and social anxiety in a college sample: the moderating role of weight.
To examine the relationships between self-esteem, body-esteem, emotional intelligence, and social anxiety, as well as to examine the moderating role of weight between exogenous variables and social anxiety, 520 university students completed the self-report measures. Structural equation modeling revealed that individuals with low self-esteem, body-esteem, and emotional intelligence were more likely to report social anxiety. The findings indicated that obese and overweight individuals with low body-esteem, emotional intelligence, and self-esteem had higher social anxiety than others. Our results highlight the roles of body-esteem, self-esteem, and emotional intelligence as influencing factors for reducing social anxiety.
a Faculty of Human Ecology, Department of Human Ecology , Universiti Putra Malaysia , Serdang 43400 , Selangor , Malaysia.
Abbas
A
Abdollahi
a Faculty of Human Ecology, Department of Human Ecology , Universiti Putra Malaysia , Serdang 43400 , Selangor , Malaysia.
Mansor
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Abu Talib
D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D001835:Body Weight; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D000072861:Phobia, Social / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
body-esteem; emotional intelligence; self-esteem; social anxiety