The role of adolescence issues, body image dissatisfaction and attachment to parents and peers in predicting social anxiety in Teenage girls

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of adolescence issues, dissatisfaction with body image and attachment to parents and peers in predicting social anxiety among teenage girls.

The present study was a correlational study. 106 female high school students in Urmia who were studying in the second half of 2016-2017 were selected by convenience sampling method and Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA), The Body Image Concern Inventory (BICI), The Adolescent Concerns Evaluation (ACE) and they completed the Jorabak Social Anxiety Scale. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple regression.

Findings showed that adolescence issues (r = 0.65-74), attachment to parents and peers (r = -0.35-0.52) and body image dissatisfaction (0.45- 75.75) R = 0) had a positive and significant correlation with social anxiety Teenage girls (p <0.01) Regression findings also showed that school issues have the highest (Beta = 0.621) prediction..

Social anxiety in Teenage girls is directly and significantly affected by adolescence issues, attachment to parents and peers and dissatisfaction with body image.