The relationship between body image concern, early maladaptive schemas and alexithymia with social anxiety among female students of Islamic Azad university

This study took place with aimed to determine the relationship between body image concern, and mood disorder with social anxiety in female students of Islamic Azad University . Method of  This study was descriptive and correlational. The study population was female students of Islamic Azad University of Dezful in semester 1394-1395. Of these, 351 were randomly,multistage  selected  among female students . To collect data from social anxiety questionnaire( SPAIN) and Multidimensional - body Relationship Questionnaire (MBSRQ) and Young schema questionnaire and mood disorder (FTAS-20) was used. Data analysis was performed using Pearson correlation and regression analysis. The findings showed that between body image concern, early maladaptive schemas and mood disorder, social anxiety  there was a significant positive correlation. Multiple regression analysis showed that body image concern, early maladaptive schemas and mood disorder, social anxiety have significant predictive power( p <0.01).