التلاعب بالصور الذاتية كمنبئ باضطراب تشوه الجسد لدى طالبات الدراسات العليا بكلية التربية بقنا

Abstract EN

The study aimed at identifying the levels of self photo manipulation and body dysmorphic disorder among postgraduate female students at Qena faculty of education as well as exploring the relationship between the contribution of self photo manipulation in predicting body dysmorphic disorder and its dimensions of a sample of female students.

participants were 133 female students at the professional diploma in both the psychological counseling and special education departments Their ages ranged from (23-35) years M (24.23) Sd.

(3.63).

the self photo manipulation scale (prepared by the researcher) and body dysmorphic disorder scale (prepared by the researcher) were used.

the study found that the level of self photo manipulation and the level of body dysmorphic disorder among students were lower than the mean.

the results indicated that there was a statistically significant positive correlation between students' scores on self photo manipulation scale (dimensions and total score), except for appearance improvement, and their scores on body dysmorphic disorder scale as a total score and dimensions.

the results also revealed that self photo manipulation predicted the body dysmorphic disorder and its dimensions of female students.