To Study and Compare the Differences in Body Dissatisfaction, Perceived Stress and Attachment Styles Among Men and Women Who have been Single

The aim of this study was to study and compare the differences in Perceived Stress, Body Dissatisfaction, and Attachment Styles among Boys and Girls. The study consisted of 94 Participants out of which 47 were Boys and 47 Girls who are studying in different colleges from two metropolitan cities Bengaluru city in Karnataka and Kottayam city in Kerala. The participants are from all streams including professional courses like Nursing, Post-graduation and regular courses like Science, Arts and Commerce background. The data were analysed by using independent sample t test. The participants were assessed with Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen and Williamson,1988), Body Shape Questionnaire BSQ – 8C (Evans, C., & Dolan, B. 1993) and Relationship Scales Questionnaire RSQ (Bartholomew and Horowitz's 991). Result revealed that there was no significant difference in perceived stress between Boys and Girls and there was no significant difference of body dissatisfaction between Boys and Girls. In attachment style also there was no significance difference among Boys and Girls.