Author(s):
1. Amir Qorbanpoor Lafmejani:
University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
2. Seyyed valiollah Mousavi:
University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
3. Sajjad Rezaei:
University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
4. Seyyedeh Mahboobeh Hashemi:
University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
Abstract:
The present research was designed with the aim of determining the moderating role of using the perfect Hijab (chador) in the relationship among worry and dissatisfaction about body image and social anxiety.For this purpose,261 female university students of Karaj Islamic Azad University were selected through purposive sampling (86 with Perfect Hijab,87 with Conventional Hijab and 88 with Unconventional Hijab) and responded to the Liebowitz's Social Anxiety Scale and Fischer's Body Image scale and Littleton's The Body Image Concern Inventory. The measurement model of this study was processed by structural-moderator equations modeling using partial least squares using Smart PLS software.The results showed that social anxiety increased with increasing levels of worry and dissatisfaction about body image.Moderating analyses also revealed that the effect of worry and dissatisfaction about body image on social anxiety in the three groups of women with different dressing of perfect Hijab(chador), conventional Hijab (Manteau) and unconventional dressing did not differ, and therefore the dressing type did not reduce (moderate) the intensity of the relationships among independent and dependent variables at 95%confidence level. Worry and dissatisfaction with body image is associated with their social anxiety in female university students and regardless of the type of hijab, these women need psychological interventions.
Page(s):
31-41
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Year: 2022
Keywords:
Social anxiety
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Hijab
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Dissatisfaction with body image
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Worry about body image
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