The Role of Early Maladaptive Schema and Perfectionism on Body Dysmorphic Disorder Mediating Through Thought Fusion, Meta-worry, Anxiety, and Attributional Style: A Structural Model

Abstract

Materials and Methods: This is descriptive-correlational research implemented using a structural equation model. The statistical population included all women referring to Ghaemshahr Dermatology centers in the first half of 2018. Of them, a sample of 300 women was selected based on the number of study variables (50 samples for each variable). For data collection, body dysmorphic disorder questionnaire, the short version of the initial maladaptive schema, perfectionism, anxiety test, documentary questionnaire, and anxiety questionnaire were used.