The Role of Self-Compassion, Body Image Concern and Mental Health among Females with PCOS

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate how females (those suffering from PCOS) relate to self-compassion, body image concerns, and mental health, specifically psychological well-being and psychological distress. It is a quantitative study that used a correlational study research design to examine self-compassion, body image concerns, and mental health in women with PCOS. The sample was chosen using the non-probability judgmental sampling technique. Data was collected from 100 women with PCOS ranging in age from 14 to 48 years (M = 27.65, SD = 5.915). Data for PCOS women were gathered from Bahawalpur's Advance Aesthetic and Skin Centre, Infertility Treatment Centre, and Gyne hospitals. The measurement was done from three scales Scale of Self-Compassion (Neff et al., 2011); Scale of Body Image Concerns (Wei, 1897); Mental Health Inventory-18 (Veit & Ware, 1983). The results showed that of self-Compassion and Body image concern were significantly higher among females with menstrual problem than without menstrual problem. While psychologically wellbeing was non-significant higher in females with menstrual problem as compared to without menstrual problem. Moreover, psychologically distress was non-significant higher among females with menstrual problem than females without menstrual problem. The study conclude that was, self-compassion is significantly positively correlated with body image concern, psychological well-being, and psychological distress. Both psychological well-being and psychological distress were negatively associated with body image concerns. Furthermore, there is a significant negative relationship between psychological wellbeing and psychological distress.