Apperarance anxiety, self-compassion, dating anxiety among young adults

This study reports on the inter-relationship between Achievement Attitudes (Appearance Anxiety), Social Constraints (Self-Compassion), and Goal-Directed Actions (Dating Anxiety) among a sample of 250 participants. Spearman's rank correlation as well as Mann-Whitney U tests was applied to assess the existence of correlations among these variables with gender-based differences. Moderate positive correlation was found between Appearance Anxiety and Dating Anxiety suggesting that high achievement attitudes entail more goal-directed behaviours. Linear Regression was used to study the impact among the variables. The Mann-Whitney U test did not find any differences in Appearance Anxiety, Self-Compassion, or Dating Anxiety to be statistically significant and based on gender. Thus, the non-normal distribution of variables, as ascertained by both Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk tests, legitimized the non-parametric methods. This helps to understand the dynamics between achievement attitudes, social influences, and goal-oriented behaviours in fields like psychology and behavioural sciences. These relationships should also be longitudinally explored with more confounding variables to increase the generalizability of research.