The relationship between self-compassion and body dysmorphic symptoms in women applying for Cosmetic surgeries: the mediating role of cognitive fusion related to body image

Zahra Ghavi ¹ (Master of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran)
Azadeh Tavoli ² (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran)
Shaghayegh Zahraei ³ (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran)

Submited date : 2022-11-09 accepted date : 2023-05-22

Keywords: self-Compassion, Body Dysmorphic Symptoms, Body Image Related Cognitive Fusion, Cosmetic surgeries,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research is to investigate the mediating role of cognitive fusion variable related to body image in the relationship between self-compassion variable and body dysmorphic symptoms variable in women applying for beauty services .The method used in the existing research is a description of the correlation type (structural equation modeling). The statistical population included all women between 20 and 50 years old who visited beauty clinics in Tehran to receive beauty services or advice on beauty services. The sample of this research includes 319 people who were selected as available. In order to collect the information needed for the research, the questionnaires of the Self-Compassion Short Form Scale (SCS-SF), the Modified Yale-Brown Obsession Scale for Body Dysmorphic Disorder Phillips (BDD-YBOCS) and the Ferreira Body Image-Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ-BI) were used. The data was analyzed with the help of structural equation modeling and according to the results of the present study, it can be stated that the meta-diagnostic factor of cognitive fusion related to body image plays a full mediating role in the relationship between self-compassion and body dysmorphic symptoms in women applying for cosmetic surgeries. In other words, it can be said that a non-judgmental attitude towards thoughts related to physical appearance gives a person the opportunity to psychologically distance himself from his thoughts and not fuses with them, and the symptoms of body dysmorphia are reduced in him. It is suggested that the results of the present study be used for the psychological training of cosmetic surgery applicants with dysmorphic syndromes, especially focusing on the concepts of self-compassion and cognitive fusion.

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