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Comparison of Social Anxiety, Body Image and Psychological Well-Being in the Applicants of Cosmetic Surgery and Non-Applicant People


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The purpose of this study was to compare the social anxiety, physical image and psychological well-being in applicants for cosmetic surgery and non-applicants.The research design is a descriptive-comparative study the statistical population of this study included all people who referred to beauty clinics in Shiraz due to the need for surgery. To do research, two groups of people who applied for beauty and non-adolescent subjects were selected. In this way, 50 people who were selected trom beauty clinics in Shiraz were selected in the available manner. Then, 50 unincorporated people trom the normal population who were more similar in terms of gender, age and education to the applicant group were matched and voluntarily selected using the available method and completed the questionnaires. The instrument of measurement was Fisher's body image test, Reif psychological well-being and Watson's social anxiety inventory. The results of t-test and multivariate analysis of covariance showed that there is a significant difference between the physical image of the applicants for cosmetic surgery and non-applicants.There is also a significant difference between the social anxiety of the applicants for cosmetic surgery and non-applicants, and social anxiety in the subjects is more beautiful than normal people. According to other results, there was a significant difference between the psychological well-being of applicants for cosmetic surgery and non-applicants, meaning that the psychological well-being of those applying for beauty was less than ordinary ones. Based on the last result of the physical image, it could negatively and significantly predict social anxiety.

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Social Anxiety, Physical Image, Psychological Well-Being, Applicants for Cosmetic Surgery.
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Authors

Jafar Bahreini
Department of Psyehology, Arsanjan Braneh, Islamie Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mahboobeh Chinaveh
Department of Psyehology, Arsanjan Braneh, Islamie Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to compare the social anxiety, physical image and psychological well-being in applicants for cosmetic surgery and non-applicants.The research design is a descriptive-comparative study the statistical population of this study included all people who referred to beauty clinics in Shiraz due to the need for surgery. To do research, two groups of people who applied for beauty and non-adolescent subjects were selected. In this way, 50 people who were selected trom beauty clinics in Shiraz were selected in the available manner. Then, 50 unincorporated people trom the normal population who were more similar in terms of gender, age and education to the applicant group were matched and voluntarily selected using the available method and completed the questionnaires. The instrument of measurement was Fisher's body image test, Reif psychological well-being and Watson's social anxiety inventory. The results of t-test and multivariate analysis of covariance showed that there is a significant difference between the physical image of the applicants for cosmetic surgery and non-applicants.There is also a significant difference between the social anxiety of the applicants for cosmetic surgery and non-applicants, and social anxiety in the subjects is more beautiful than normal people. According to other results, there was a significant difference between the psychological well-being of applicants for cosmetic surgery and non-applicants, meaning that the psychological well-being of those applying for beauty was less than ordinary ones. Based on the last result of the physical image, it could negatively and significantly predict social anxiety.

Keywords


Social Anxiety, Physical Image, Psychological Well-Being, Applicants for Cosmetic Surgery.

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