The role of cognitive processing and attribution styles in predicting quality of life in the students with dysmorphic disorder

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of cognitive processing and attribution styles in predicting the quality of life in the students with dysmorphic disorder. The statistical population of this research consists of female students in Ardabil city. The 105 subjects were chosen with multidimensional body-self relations questionnaire and clinical interview. To collect the data, the cognitive process scale, attribution style questionnaire and quality of life questionnaire were used. Correlation coefficient showed a significant correlation between cognitive processing, positive internal-external, stable-unstable and negative global-specific attribution styles with quality of life in the students with dysmorphic disorfers. Also a significant correlation was found between negative internal-external, global-specific and positive global-specific with quality of life. The results of multiple regression analyses showed cognitive processing and attribution styles predict 20.3% changed variance of quality of lifing the students with dysmorphic. This result showed cognitive process and attribution styles have role in quality of life of in the students with dysmorphic.