The Role of Anthropometric Indices and Spiritual Intelligence In Predicting Young Girls' Body Image Satisfaction

This study investigated the role of anthropometric indices and spiritual intelligence (SI) in predicting body image satisfaction in female students. In this cross-sectional study, a total of 349 female students of Shahed University in academic year 1401-1402 were served as subject. The subjects’ anthropometric measures, perceived body image, and SI were assessed. The descriptive statistics, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, and step-by-step multiple regression analysis were used for data analysis. Findings showed that there was a significant inverse correlation among perceived body image and body mass index (p=0.025), waist circumference (p=0.006), abdominal circumference (p=0.001), hip circumference (p=0.017) and waist-to-height ratio (p=0.004). Moreover, there was a statistically significant positive correlation between SI and perceived body image (p˂0.001). The SI score had a significant positive correlation with the perceived body image subscales (except appearance orientation, disease orientation, mental weight, and preoccupation with excess weight) (p˂0.001). The results of multiple linear regression revealed that the SI score had the highest predictive power in predicting body image,as well as the perceived body image improved by 19.4% on average for every unit of increase in spiritual intelligence score.