Structural relationship between self-esteem, appearance management behavior, body image, interpersonal relationship and hope of adults workers

Abstract

This study was carried out to verify the correlation and the structural relationship between self-esteem, appearance management behavior, body image, interpersonal relationship and hope targeting 772 males and females residing in Gyeonggi province and Metropolitan areas in Korea. The data were analyzed using SPSS Win 21.0 program for frequency analysis, ANOVA and correlation analysis. The AMOS 21.0 program was used to validate the structural equation model. Both self-esteem and appearance management behavior were found to affect body image. Body image was found to have a significant influence on hopes and interpersonal relationship, and hope was found to affect interpersonal relationship.