Predicting student's body dysmorphic anxiety based on their personality traits

Everyone during their lives، especially during adolescence، might sometimes experience concerns about their physical appearance. Some people might experience this concern very severely so that it interferes many aspects of their daily life. The purpose of this present research was to investigate the relationship between body dimorphic concerns and five factor model of personality in students. The research sample consists of 150 guidance students of TAFT schools who were selected by simple random sampling method. The instrument were used in present study are NEO- FFI and BICI. The results showed that there is significant negative correlation between agreeableness and consciousness personality with concerns about physical appearance. The results also revealed that the best predictor variables for body dysmorphic concerns were agreeableness and consciousness personality. Therefore we can conclude that the personality of students is an important factor that can contribute to the development of body dysmorphic disorders.