Body esteem and Dressing Style in males.

Abstract

This research was aimed at finding the relationship between body esteem and dressing style in male adolescents and adults (N=100) between the ages 18 to 30 years old. 25 males from each of these universities in Karachi were selected through convenience sampling from SZABIST, Iqra University, Greenwich University and Bahria University Karachi Campus. Franzoi& Shields Body Esteem Scale and Ms. Sousan Siddiqui’s Dressing Style Questionnaire was used to evaluate body esteem and dressing style. The results were collected and evaluated using statistical package for social sciences 20 (SPSS20).The results indicated that there is no correlation between Body Esteem and Dressing Style in male with a Pearson Correlation value of -0.006.However, there is a weak positive correlation between body esteem and culture/religion (an aspect of Dressing Style Questionnaire), with a Pearson Correlation value of 0.30 and there is also a weak positive correlation between body esteem and Identity & Uniqueness (an aspect of Dressing Style Questionnaire) with a Pearson Correlation value of 0.011.