Hosseinpour Khaghani S H, Yousefi R, Abdi R, Yaghoubi H. Body Dysmorphic Symptoms in Adolescents: The Role of Early Maladaptive Schemas and Pathological Dimensions of Personality with the Mediation of Rejection Sensitivity and Social-Cultural Attitudes towards Appearance. RBS 2024; 22 (2) :194-212
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http://rbs.mui.ac.ir/article-1-1767-en.html
1- Ph.D student in Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University. Tabriz, Iran. , khaghani59@gmail.com
2- Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.
Abstract: (731 Views)
Aim and Background: The present study aims to investigate the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and Pathological Dimensions of Personality with The body dysmorphic symptoms was carried out through the mediation of Rejection Sensitivity and Social-Cultural Attitudes Towards Appearance.
Methods and Materials: The current research was descriptive and based on structural equation modeling. The statistical population; all the students of the second secondary level of the five districts of Tabriz in the academic year of 1402-1403 were selected by available sampling method in the number of 396 people and answered questionnaires of body dysmorphic symptoms (Oosthuizen et al.), schemas Yang's early maladaptive (short form), Pathological Dimensions of Personality (PID-5), Social-Cultural Attitudes Towards Appearance (SATAQ-3) and Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity (Park). SPSS software was used to calculate descriptive and correlation indices, and AMOS software was used to model structural equations.
Findings: Based on the results in the modified model of the research, all the hypothesized direct paths, except for the path of Pathological Dimensions of Personality to body dysmorphic symptoms (effect size: 0.11 and P: 0.09), have a significant positive and direct effect (P<0.05). In addition, the mediating role of Rejection Sensitivity and Social-Cultural Attitudes towards Appearance in the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and Pathological Dimensions of Personality with body dysmorphic symptoms is at a significant level (P< 0.01).
Conclusions: The results show that early maladaptive schemas and pathological dimensions of personality can predict the formation of body dysmorphic symptoms based on the mediating mechanisms of Rejection Sensitivity and Social-Cultural Attitudes towards Appearance among teenagers.
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Special Received: 2024/06/2 | Accepted: 2024/08/12 | Published: 2024/08/31