Thesis:

The relationship between tendency to cosmetic surgery and obsessive-compulsive disorder and negative self-concept of women in Sabzevar city

One of the important issues in Iranian society regarding women is the desire for cosmetic surgery, which is definitely related to psychological schemas and views. Due to the fact that cosmetic surgeries can sometimes cause many problems for people and also the high prevalence of this procedure in Iran compared to other societies. If this psychological and sociological variable is paid attention to and its causes are clearly explained, its personal and social damages will definitely be reduced. This research was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between desire for cosmetic surgery and obsession and negative self-concept in women. The research is a multivariate correlation type, the statistical population of which is all female students of the twelfth year of mathematics in the academic year (1402-1403) of Sabzevar city. With simple random sampling method, 150 people were selected as a sample, and in relation to the research variables of the questionnaire, 1) Willingness to cosmetic surgery, Etamadi Fard and Amani (2013) is a single-faceted questionnaire with 24 items, which is scored based on the Likert scale. 2) Obsessive belief disorder (OBQ-44) and 3- Negative self-concept (BICI) were provided to the subjects. Quantitative research results showed that negative self-concept is related to desire for cosmetic surgery in women and this hypothesis is at the level of (P<0.01) ) was proved. And regarding the relationship between obsession and desire for cosmetic surgery in women, the results showed that obsession and desire for cosmetic surgery do not have a significant relationship, and this hypothesis was rejected (P>0.05). In general, the results of the research showed that negative self-concept in women increases the desire for cosmetic surgery and there is no strong relationship between obsession and desire for cosmetic surgery.

Keywords: Keywords: cosmetic surgery, obsessive compulsive disorder, negative self-concept