Body Image Disorder and its Relationship to Parental Treatment Styles for Female University Students

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to reveal the nature of the relationship between body image disorder and parental treatment styles. The sample was 200 volunteer female university student participants. The research tools were applied to these volunteer female students during the academic year 2024, which are (the body image scale, prepared by Al-Desouky, (2004), and the scale (Parental Treatment Styles, prepared by El-Amrousy, (2018), the descriptive approach was used, and the results showed that there is no statistically significant correlation between body image disorder and parental treatment styles among female university students with regard to the image of the father and the image of the mother. There are statistically significant differences between The average scores of female students who have a positive body image and female students who have a negative body image on the scale of parental treatment styles (father image) are at a significance level (0.05) in favor of female students who have a positive body image. The study recommended the necessity of creating psychological counseling programs for female students. The university provides women with body image disorders to help them rebuild psychologically and reach psychological and social compatibility.