THE INTERRELATION BETWEEN PEOPLE’S SELF-ESTEEM AND OVERWEIGHT

Abstract

The results of the research of overweight people’s self-assessment are presented in the article. The tested group consisted of 30 women who were overweight, on the indicators of bodymassindexes. A control group is consisted of a 21 women, who had a normal weight. S. R. Panteleev’s «Methodology of self-assessment research» was chosen for conducting the research. After the test, using the calculation of Student’s t-test and Fisher’s F-test, we come to the conclusion that there are statistically authentic differences in the level (average values) between two groups according to the indicator of «closedness». Also there are statistically authentic differences (dispersions)between such indexes as a «self-confidence», «self-assessment», «self-acceptance» and «self-accusation ». The group of normal weight people has greater dispersion of indexes «selfconfidence», «self-assessment», «self-acceptance» and «self-accusation». Additionally I. L. Solomin’s «Methodology of the color metaphors» was used in the research (with the tested group only). Thus, despite the fact that divergence in the self-assessment of overweight and normal weight people is not essential, overweight people are more oriented in other people’s opinion. The results of our research proved that overweight people have evident motivation of the social approval that demonstrates their low self-assessment.