The Influence o f Body Image toward Int erpersonal Communication Skill i n Teaching

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the impact or influence of body image on interpersonal communication skills in teaching students of IAIN Purwokerto. The population of this study includes all IAIN Purwokerto students for the 2019/2020 academic year who have worked as teachers. The research subjects were selected by cluster random sampling by selecting students who has worked as a teacher with the assumption that they already had teaching experience that affected their psychological and social life. The test was carried out using the regression analysis technique through SPSS version 16 for Windows. The research shows that body image has significant effect on interpersonal communication skills in teaching; and the influence of body image on interpersonal communication skills in teaching based on the coefficient of determination is 0.304 with sig: 0.002 so the magnitude of the effect is 33% which means there is significant influence of body image toward teachers’ interpersonal communication skills in teaching.