The Prediction of General Health on the Basis of Body Image, Life Stress and Personality Characteristics

The aim of the present study was to predict students general health by body image، life stress and personality characteristics. The research employed a correlation study. 200 students were selected from different fields of Tabriz university through multistage random sampling. Scaling in Life Events (Paykel، et al، 1975)، Multi-dimensional Inventory of body-self relation (Cash، 1994) personality Questionnaire (Eysenck، 1985) and General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg and Hillier. 1979) were used. Data analysed by Pearson correlation model and step by step regression analysis. The results showed that there is a significant correlation between psychological stresses and mental and general health in students، but there was no significant correlation between psychological stresses and body image، and three personality factors. Also، there was a significant negative correlation between general health and neuroticism and a significant positive correlation between general health and extraversion. Results of step by step regression analysis showed that only three variables of neuroticism، body image and psychological stress can predict students mental and physical health (P<0. 001). Also، extraversion and psychosis didn’t predict students mental health.