Abstract
Objective: The study was aimed to investigate the relationship of psychological problems like depression,
anxiety and low self-esteem among young adults suffering from obesity.
Study Design: Cross sectional analytical study design.
Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in Riphah Institute of Clinical and Professional
Psychology, Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan and data was collected from two private and two
government universities of Lahore during the year June 2017- June 2018.
Materials and Methods: Non probability purposive sample of 300 participants with age range 19 to 25 was
incorporated in the present study. Depression was evaluated through the Hamilton Depression rating scale.
Anxiety was measured in participants through the Hamilton anxiety rating scale and for self-esteem
assessment Rosenberg self-esteem scale was applied. Urdu translated versions for all scales were used for
present study. Both descriptive (frequencies, percentages bar graphs, mean and standard deviation) and
inferential statistics (Pearson product moment correlation, Hierarchical regression analysis, Independent
sample t test) were used for the data analyses.
Results: Descriptive analysis identified obesity of young adults with Body Mass Index ≥25 kgm . Results
indicated that 106 (35.3 %) young adults were suffering with very severe depression 40(13.3%) with very severe
anxiety and 166 (55.3 %) with low self-esteem. Correlational analysis revealed significant positive relationship
0.480 **p< 0.01 between depression and anxiety. Regression analysis revealed that depression and anxiety
were not significantly predicting the self-esteem. No significant gender differences was found regarding all
study variables (p>.05).
Conclusion: Majority of young adults with obesity suffer with severe depression and very low self-esteem.
There is a significant relationship between depression and anxiety among obese young adults. However both
depression and anxiety are not the predictors of low self-esteem in this sample. Men and women score equally
on depression, anxiety and self-esteem.
Javeria Ismail, Saima Majeed. (2019) Psychological Problems Related to Obesity in Early Adulthood , Journal of Islamic International Medical College, Volume-14, Issue-4.
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