The Effect of Narrative group Therapy on Body Dysmorphic Concern in Female University Students

The body dysmorphic concern is common problem among young female students. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of group narrative therapy on body dysmorphic concern in student of shahid chamran university. Among about 1520 students, 212 female students selected randomly by multistage method. Then Participants completed BICI and 40 students with high BICI score (one standard deviation above mean score of group), divided into experimental and control groups. After 10 session of group narrative therapy, results of ANCOVA were statistically significant at p<0/001. Therefore, it is suggested that group narrative therapy decreased body dysmorphic concern in experimental group compare with the control group. The results showed that group narrative therapy intervention can reduce body dysmorphic concern.