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Relationship between Self Esteem, Perfectionism and Eating Disorder
among the Student in Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
Nik Ruselinda Binti Yusoff
Supervisor: Dr. Madihah Mohamad Shukri
Bachelor of Counseling
School of Social and Economic Development (PPPSE)
In a review of the literature a few Western studies concluded that low self-esteem,
along with having higher perfectionism not only puts women at greater risk for the
development of an eating disorder but also serves to maintain an eating disorder. It
is important to understand the roles of self-esteem and perfectionism on eating
disorder because preventative interventions with low self‐esteem and high
perfectionism may be appropriate for those with eating disorder. Hence, this study will
examine the relationships between self – esteem, perfectionism and eating disorder
among students in University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). A total of 335 respondents
will be recruited to participate in this study using stratified sampling procedure. Self
– esteem will be measured using Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE; Rosenberg,
1965), while Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS; Frost et al., 1990) will be
used to measure perfectionism. In addition, eating disorder will be measured using
Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26; Garner, 1982). All data collected will be processed by
using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) 25.0 version. Correlation and
t-test analyses will be used to analyse data.
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