The focus of this last chapter defines the outcome of the present study, the principle motive of

the dissertation was to inspect the relationship among anxiety, stress, self esteem and body
image.
The objective of this study was:
1. To check how anxiety affects self-esteem, body image and stress.
2. To check if there is any relationship between anxiety, stress, self-esteem and body image
among adolescents.
This chapter of the study presents the result with the help of Pearson correlation which was taken
out to study the correlation of anxiety as the independent variable and the other three variables as
dependent: stress, self esteem and body image.

Anxiety
Anxiety 1
Stress 0.7358
Self Esteem 0.6725
Body Image -0.5031

(table-1)
The result (table-1) presents the correlation among the variables of anxiety, stress, self esteem
and body image. The sample size was of 128 young adults of the age category 18-26.
After an examination of the table, the investigator found significant positive and negative
relationships of anxiety with the other variables. Anxiety is to be taken as an independent
variable and all the other three variables as dependent variables.

Relationship between Anxiety and Self-esteem :

The first hypothesis (h1) was that a significant relationship will be seen between anxiety and
self-esteem. It is evident from the table that there is a positive correlation between anxiety and
self-esteem of 0.6725. This confirms the findings of previous studies. According to a paper
published in CAMH by Keane, L. & Loades, M. E. (2017), young people with anxiety were
found to have the lowest self-esteem. Trzesniewski et al. (2006) found that adolescents with low
self-esteem were 1.6 times more likely to develop an anxiety disorder. The studies suggest that
young people with clinically significant anxiety are more likely to have low self-esteem.

Relationship between Anxiety and Body Image:

The second hypothesis (h2) was that there will be a significant relationship between anxiety and
body image. From the table, it is evident that there is a negative correlation between anxiety and
body image of -0.5031. Adolescents with negative body image are more likely to be anxious,
depressed and suicidal than those without intense dissatisfaction over their appearance, even
when compared to adolescents with other psychiatric illnesses, according to a new study by
researchers at Bradley Hospital, Butler Hospital and Brown Medical School.

Relationship between anxiety and stress :

The third hypothesis (h3) that was constructed shows a positive correlation between anxiety and
stress. As evident from the table, a positive relationship was observed between the two variables
where r value was 0.7358 showing the correlation significant at 0.01 level. Stress can exacerbate
anxiety and anxiety can bring on stress. According to Dr. Helene A. Miller, MD, being anxious
is stressful for the body. Whereas if one is already anxious, stress can make one's anxiety much
worse. The Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, August 2012, Vol. 2, No. 3, where the
correlation of stress and anxiety traits and states of nursing students were studied. It reported
verified strong positive correlation between stress and anxiety trait (r=0.656) and positive
correlation for stress and anxiety state (r=0.512). These results reassure that when there is
increase in stress levels, anxiety levels also tend to increase.

Relationship between body image, stress and self-esteem :