The Relationships Between Body Weights, Sexual Objectification and Body Appreciation to Self-Esteem Among Undergraduate Female Students In University Malaysia Sarawak

• Main Author: Daphnellia Bellarina, Harry
• Format: Final Year Project Report
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2022
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42998/1/DAPHNELLIA%20%20%2024%20pgs.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42998/2/DAPHNELLIA%20%20ft.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42998/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

This study aimed to examine the relationship between body weights, sexual objectification, and body appreciation on self-esteem, simultaneously to identify the most significant factor to self-esteem among undergraduate female students in University Malaysia Sarawak. A total of 300 undergraduate female students participated in the online survey by answering instruments on weight stigmatization, interpersonal sexual objectification, body appreciation as well as self -esteem assessment. Finding have shown that samples experience weight stigmatization regardless of weight and size. Bivariate correlations have indicated that the variables have been significantly related to self-esteem among these female students. Multiple regression has shown that body appreciation is a significant factor on self-esteem among undergraduate female students at University Malaysia Sarawak. This finding convinced institutional educators and counselors to use body appreciation as a method to improve students’ overall well-being. If further studies are to be implemented, this finding suggested that cultural differences may have important implications for their self-esteem and perspectives on sexual objectification.