Influence of Self-Concept and Body Dissatisfaction on Social Introversion

This research was designed to examine the influence of self-concept and body dissatisfaction on social introversion which could be described as having limited social interaction and being preoccupied with one’s thoughts. This study used survey research design adopting expo-facto design and a convenient sampling technique was adopted in distributing the questionnaires to the research participants because the population is homogeneous. Three research instruments were used in this research which are: Self-Concept Questionnaire (SCQ) by Robson (1989), Body Image Scale and willingness to communicate scale by McCroskey (1992) to measure self concept, body dissatisfaction, and social introversion respectively. The research involved two hundred and forty-seven respondents, of which 125 were males and 122 were females. Result obtained from the research using regression analysis indicates that body dissatisfaction has significant predictive influence on social introversion among undergraduates in Ekiti State. The report using regression analysis also indicated that there is a significant influence of resilience which is the only dimension of self-concept on social introversion. Also, using independent t. test, there is joint influence of self-concept and body dissatisfaction on social introversion while no significant sex different in self-concept, body dissatisfaction and social introversion has been reported. It is therefore concluded that self concept and having body dissatisfaction could predict social introversion. From the findings made, it is hereby recommended that other further researches could be considered in other geographical locations of Nigeria in order to validate generalization of the findings made.