The Impact of Intuitive Eating on Physical Appearance Comparison Among Working Women..
Keywords:
Intuitive eating, body image, working women, physical comparisonAbstract
Background: the relationship between intuitive eating and physical appearance comparison among working women. It explores how intuitive eating impacts self-perception, body image, and emotional well-being in a demographic affected by societal beauty standards.
Objectives: To explore the relationship between intuitive eating and physical appearance comparison in working women and assess the impact of exercise, fitness goals, profession, and job experience on these variables.
Study Design: a cross sectional study.
Place and Durtion of Study. Department of Psychiatry Rawalpindi Medical University Rawalpindi, Pakistan from jan 2024 to june 2024
Methods: The Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (Tylka, 2006) and the Physical Appearance Comparison Revised Scale (Schaefer and Thompson, 2014) were administered to 150 working women in Rawalpindi to establish a cross-sectional study. The data was subjected to analysis with SPSS regression analysis and correlation analysis.
Results:the Mean age was 32.6 years with a standard deviation of 5.4 years. The correlation between intuitive eating and physical appearance comparison was significant (p < 0.01) indicating that greater levels of intuitive eating diminish the desire to compare physical appearance among working women.
Conclusion: Encouraging introspective eating in working women may help boost their body image satisfaction and diminish effects of physical appearance comparison and thereby achieve improved emotional well-being and enhanced performance in the workplace..
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