Ruminative Brooding Mediate the Association between Self-Objectification and Psychological Distress among Early Adults

Authors

  • Eman Akhtar Bachelors in Clinical Psychology
  • Hira Fatima Lecturer, Gift University Gujranwala
  • Mishal Zoha M.Phil. Scholar, Gift University Gujranwala
  • Noor Fatima Aziz M.Phil. Scholar, Gift University Gujranwala

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53762/alnasr.03.01.e12

Keywords:

Self-Objectification, Rumination, Psychological Distress

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between self-objectification, and psychological distress with rumination as a mediator. The research was designed to get an understanding of the role of rumination on body-objectification and psychological distress in earl adults. For this purpose, Objectified Body Conscious Scale (OBCS) was used to measure self-objectification, Ruminative Response Scale (RRS) was used to measure rumination in males and females and Kesler Psychological Distress Scale was used for the purpose of measuring psychological distress in males and females. The research was conducted on the sample size of 249 young adult’s male and female and SPSS 23 was used for the analysis. The psychometric properties of each of the scale were assessed. The alpha coefficient for each of the scales were computed.  The α-coefficient for all variables were more than 0.7 that is good value. Self-objectification was significantly negative with rumination and also significantly negative with psychological distress. While rumination was significantly positive related with psychological distress. Also, there were a significant gender difference in rumination. Mediation analysis revealed that rumination was fully mediated the relationship between self-objectification and rumination.

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2024-03-31

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