Female figure drawings and its relation to self esteem and tendency towards anorexia nervosa of adolescent girls

The present study aims to explore the relation between tendency towards Anorexia Nervosa of adolescent girls and their depiction of female figures. The study also tries to find out the relation between self esteem and the tendency towards anorexia nervosa. Therefore the study highlights the depiction of self esteem and anorexia nervosa on the female figures created by the adolescent girls. This paper also provides evidence that lower self esteem in young women may lead to a tendency towards anorexia nervosa. Therefore objectives of the study was to find out the relation, between tendency towards Anorexia Nervosa of adolescent girls and their drawings of female figures, relationship between tendency towards anorexia nervosa and self esteem and whether the self esteem and tendency towards anorexia nervosa can be predicted through their female figure drawings. Stratified random sampling technique was used for sample selection. The sample size was 100. Anorexia test by Vijayalakshmi Chouhan and Aditi Banerjee (2007) and Coopersmith Self Esteem Inventory (School Form) by Stanley Coopersmith (1967, 1981) was used as a tool for the study. Statistical analysis of mean, standard deviation, product –moment correlation coefficient and regression analysis was conducted.