Proposing a Model for Analysing Relationship between Social Anxiety and Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Mediating Role of Fear of Positive and Negative Evaluation
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
This research was aimed at determining the relationship between the social anxiety and the body dysmorphic disorder with mediation of fear of positive and negative evaluation. The research method was descriptive and had correlational pattern in which the structural equation modelling was utilized. The research community included the female bachelor and master students, being studied at Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran, in 2015-2016 academic year. In this research, 1000 students, selected based on clustering random sampling, have answered the questionnaires and then 280 students were selected as the fnal samples based on the purposive sampling. The research tools composed of body dysmorphic metacognitive evaluation, social phobia inventory, Leary’s brief version of fear of negative evaluation, and fear of positive evaluation. The data of subjects were analyzed using path analysis, confrmatory factor analysis, measurement model test and structural model test. The results stated that the fear of positive and negative evaluation together mediates the relationship between the social anxiety and the body dysmorphic disorder. In addition, the direct effect of social anxiety on the fear of positive evaluation, on the fear of negative evaluation and on the body dysmorphic disorder was affrmed. Therefore, the interventions that target the fear of positive and negative evaluation as the central components of social anxiety can help the prevention of growth in body dysmorphic disorder.
Authors and Affiliations
Nasim Damercheli| Department of General Psychology, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran, Corresponding e-mail: nasim.damercheli.71@gmail.com, Ali Reza Kakavand| Psychology Department, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran, Mohammad Reza Jalali| Psychology Department, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
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