Body image and self-acceptance as predictors for psychosocial performance among young women in Jordan

Figures & data

Table 1. Distribution of the study sample.

Variable	Category	Frequency	%
Age	18–30	49	59.8
	More than 30	33	40.2
Academic qualification	Diploma and less	32	39
	Bachelor and above	50	61
Social status	Married	27	32.9
	Others	55	67.1
	Total	82	100

Table 2. Correlation coefficients between the item, the total score, and the field to which it belongs.

Correlation coefficient with the tool	Correlation coefficient with the field	Item	Correlation coefficient with the tool	Correlation coefficient with the field	Item	Correlation coefficient with the tool	Correlation coefficient with the field	Item
0.64**	0.96**	29	0.50*	0.93**	15	0.69**	0.76**	1
0.60**	0.75**	30	0.60**	0.92**	16	0.73**	0.83**	2
0.65**	0.87**	31	0.60**	0.95**	17	0.50*	0.70**	3
0.66**	0.82**	32	0.56**	0.64**	18	0.56**	0.76**	4
0.49*	0.78**	33	0.63**	0.77**	19	0.49*	0.85**	5
0.60**	0.83**	34	0.52*	0.85**	20	0.50*	0.77**	6
0.52*	0.78**	35	0.50*	0.52*	21	0.66**	0.80**	7
0.60**	0.72**	36	0.48*	0.67**	22	0.60**	0.49*	8
0.63**	0.86**	37	0.60**	0.86**	23	0.63**	0.65**	9
0.60**	0.77**	38	0.50*	0.81**	24	0.63**	0.71**	10
0.52*	0.65**	39	0.48*	0.82**	25	0.65**	0.84**	11
0.60**	0.67**	40	0.49*	0.84**	26	0.68**	0.75**	12
0.13	0.15	41	0.50*	0.69**	27	0.70**	0.80**	13
0.12	0.13	42	0.56**	0.87**	28	0.48*	0.75**	14

*Statistically significant at the significance level (0.05).

**Statistically significant at the significance level (0.01).

Table 3. Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient and test-retest reliability of the fields and the total score.

Internal consistency	Test-retest reliability	Field
0.71	0.88	Emotional and physical aspect
0.75	0.83	Physical assessment
0.84	0.84	Personal characteristics and strategies
0.82	0.85	Importance of appearance for the future
0.79	0.86	Social models
0.76	0.82	Social support
0.79	0.84	Spiritual – physical aspect
0.71	0.87	Appearance and social interactions
0.77	0.81	Cultural values
0.8	0.87	Empowerment
0.86	0.89	Body image scale

Table 4. Correlation coefficients between the item, the total score, and the field to which it belongs.

Correlation coefficient with the tool	Correlation coefficient with the field	Item	Correlation coefficient with the tool	Correlation coefficient with the field	Item	Correlation coefficient with the tool	Correlation coefficient with the field	Item
0.62**	0.46*	27	0.62**	0.57**	14	0.62**	0.60**	1
0.48*	0.72**	28	0.64**	0.63**	15	0.63**	0.66**	2
0.52*	0.55*	29	0.47*	0.46*	16	0.64**	0.72**	3
0.52*	0.60**	30	0.47*	0.57**	17	0.63**	0.55*	4
0.59**	0.52*	31	0.68**	0.66**	18	0.62**	0.60**	5
0.68**	0.66**	32	0.47*	0.71**	19	0.64**	0.61**	6
0.59**	0.53*	33	0.52*	0.46*	20	0.45*	0.55*	7
0.52*	0.55*	34	0.48*	0.57**	21	0.59**	0.77**	8
0.55*	0.53*	35	0.50*	0.53*	22	0.52*	0.57**	9
0.44*	0.60**	36	0.70**	0.54*	23	0.55*	0.60**	10
0.59**	0.60**	37	0.64**	0.53*	24	0.52*	0.54*	11
			0.48*	0.52*	25	0.45*	0.46*	12
			0.70**	0.61**	26	0.50*	0.46*	13

*Statistically significant at the significance level (0.05).

**Statistically significant at the significance level (0.01).

Table 5. Correlation coefficients between the fields.

Self-acceptance scale	Social aspect	Psychological aspect	Body acceptance	Field
			1	Body acceptance
		1	0.575**	Psychological aspect
	1	0.531*	0.817**	Social aspect
1	0.895**	0.820**	0.900**	Self-acceptance scale

*Statistically significant at the significance level (0.05).

**Statistically significant at the significance level (0.01).

Table 6. Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient and test-retest reliability of the fields and the total score.

Internal consistency	Test-retest reliability	Field
0.79	0.84	Body acceptance
0.77	0.81	Psychological aspect
0.8	0.83	Social aspect
0.84	0.89	Self-acceptance scale

Table 7. Correlation coefficients between the item, the total score, and the field to which it belongs.

Correlation coefficient with the tool	Correlation coefficient with the field	Item	Correlation coefficient with the tool	Correlation coefficient with the field	Item	Correlation coefficient with the tool	Correlation coefficient with the field	Item
0.74**	0.69**	15	0.77**	0.87**	8	0.74**	0.68**	1
0.62**	0.64**	16	0.51*	0.64**	9	0.57**	0.74**	2
0.69**	0.89**	17	0.60**	0.80**	10	0.45*	0.57**	3
0.50*	0.58**	18	0.51*	0.77**	11	0.53*	0.67**	4
0.60**	0.82**	19	0.53*	0.57**	12	0.82**	0.77**	5
0.68**	0.93**	20	0.61**	0.79**	13	0.85**	0.82**	6
			0.73**	0.78**	14	0.45*	0.47*	7

*Statistically significant at the significance level (0.05).

**Statistically significant at the significance level (0.01).

Table 8. Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient and test-retest reliability of the fields and the total score.

Internal consistency	Test-retest reliability	Field
0.75	0.83	Psychological performance
0.71	0.85	Social performance
0.82	0.87	Psychosocial performance scale

Table 9. Means and standard deviations of the level of satisfaction with body image among Jordanian women are arranged in descending order according to the means.

Rank	No	Field	SMA	Standard deviation	Level
1	9	Cultural value	3.08	0.749	High
2	5	Social models	2.95	0.842	Middle
3	4	Importance of appearance for the future	2.83	0.795	Middle
4	7	Spiritual-physical side	2.55	0.767	Middle
5	8	Appearance and social interaction	2.55	0.834	Middle
6	6	Social support	2.50	0.863	Middle
7	3	Properties and personal strategies	2.48	0.648	Middle
8	2	Physical evaluation	2.44	0.754	Middle
9	1	Emotional physical side	2.35	0.690	Middle
10	10	Empowerment	2.04	1.046	Middle
		Scale of body image	2.54	0.482	Middle

Table 10. Means and standard deviations of the level of self-acceptance among Jordanian women are arranged in descending order according to the means.

Rank	No	Field	SMA	Standard deviation	Level
1	2	Psychological side	3.43	0.648	Middle
2	1	Body acceptance	3.29	0.673	Middle
3	3	Social side	3.22	0.584	Middle
		Self-acceptance scale	3.32	0.576	Middle

Table 11. Means and standard deviations for the level of psychosocial performance among Jordanian women are arranged in descending order according to the means.

Rank	No	Field	SMA	Standard deviation	Level
1	2	Social performance	2.17	0.570	Middle
2	1	Psychological performance	2.14	0.525	Middle
		Psycho-social performance scale	2.16	0.486	Middle

Table 12. Pearson correlation coefficient for the relationship between the body image scale and the self-acceptance scale and the psychosocial performance scale of Jordanian women.

		Body image scale	Self-acceptance scale
Performance psycho-social scale	Correlation coefficient	0.583 **	0.684 **
	Statistically significant	0.000	0.000
	number	82	82

*Statistically significant at the level of significance (0.05).

**Statistically significant at the level of significance (0.01).

Table 13. Multiple regression test results for predictor variables, their multiple correlation coefficients, and their interpretation according to the method of entering the predictor variables into the equation.

Predictive variable	Multiple correlation coefficient (R)	Cumulative explained variance ratio(R2)	How much the variable adds to the total explained variance(R2)	regression coefficient (B)	value(F)	value(t)	Regression constant	Statistical significance
Self-acceptance scale	0.684	0.468	0.468	0.577	70.281	8.383	0.241	0.000
Body image scale	0.715	0.512	0.044	0.267	41.411	2.673	0.017	0.000

Table 14. Arithmetic means and standard deviations of the predictive ability of body image and self-acceptance on psychosocial performance among Jordanian women according to the variables of age, academic qualification, and marital status.

Variable	Description	SMA	Standard deviation	Frequency
Age	18–30	0.20	0.942	49
	More than 30	0.30	1.024	33
Academic qualification	Diploma or less	0.22	0.945	32
	Bachelor’s and above	0.14	1.019	50
Marital status	Married	0.32	1.245	27
	Unmarried	0.16	0.823	55

Table 15. Triple variance analysis of the effect of age, academic qualification, and social status on the predictive ability of body image and self-acceptance on psychosocial performance among Jordanian women.

Variable	Sum of squares	Degree of freedom	Mean of squares	f value	Statistical significance
Age	2.435	1	2.435	2.602	0.111
Academic qualification	0.684	1	0.684	0.731	0.395
Social condition	2.113	1	2.113	2.258	0.137
Error	72.991	78	0.936
Total	81.000	81