@article{Rashid_Arzeen_Shah_2021, title={BODY IMAGE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS}, volume={35}, url={https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/2695}, DOI={10.54079/jpmi.35.3.2695}, abstractNote={<p> </p> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To find out the relationship between body image and psychological distress among university students.</p> <p><strong>Methodology:</strong> This cross-sectional study was conducted on 250 participants enrolled from universities of Islama­bad with age range of 18 to 25 years. Two scales; Body Image Concern Inventory (BICI) and Kessler’s Psychological Distress Scale (K-10) were used to measure the variables. Data was entered and analyzed by SPSS version 21.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> The findings indicated that there was significant positive correlation (r=0.63**) between body image con­cern and psychological distress. Further, male students showed higher concern as compared to female students (t (248) =2.45, p < .01). Regression analysis indicated the value of R2 that was 40 % of the total variability in psychological distress that was explained by body image concern.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The study concluded a significant positive correlation between body image concern and psychologi­cal distress. In addition, male students were more concerning than the female students.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute}, author={Rashid, Zoha and Arzeen, Naeema and Shah, Mubashir}, year={2021}, month={Sep.}, pages={181–4} }