Author(s): Shatakshi Shukla and Shalini Agarwal

Abstract:
Body image is both the mental picture that you have of your body, and how you perceive yourself when you look in a mirror. Self-esteem is how you value and respect yourself as a person—it is the “real” opinion that you have of yourself. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between body image and self-esteem of adolescent with disability. This study was conducted on 120 disabled adolescent. The respondent age group was 12-18 years. Data was collected using along with the interview schedule, standardized scales, from the locale area of Lucknow city. The study showed that there was the non-significant relationship between body image and self-esteem. Body image and self-esteem of respondent has no relationship. This study was to demonstrate the relationship between body image and self-esteem of adolescent with disability.