The Moderating Role of Perfect Hijab (Chador) in the Relationship of Body Image Concern and Dissatisfaction with Body image with Social Anxiety among Female University Students

The measurement model of this study was processed by structural-moderator equations modeling using partial least squares using Smart PLS software.The results showed that social anxiety increased with increasing levels of worry and dissatisfaction about body image.Moderating analyses also revealed that the effect of worry and dissatisfaction about body image on social anxiety in the three groups of women with different dressing of perfect Hijab(chador), conventional Hijab (Manteau) and unconventional dressing did not differ, and therefore the dressing type did not reduce (moderate) the intensity of the relationships among independent and dependent variables at 95%confidence level. [...]women subjected to such daily messages change their subjective perception of ideal body and are involved in dissatisfaction with body image. Body differs from other parts of personality since it can be compared to other bodies from far distances and only by observation. [...]the scope of body image and relevant concerns have been generalized to an extent that it is the mental engagement of many people, particularly young people so that they daily spend considerable time and cost to make changes in their physical appearance (Green & Pritchard, 2003). [...]when they participate in social situations, they worry that their physical appearance may not be accepted by others, and they may be negatively evaluated by others, since the perception of the negative evaluation of others and negative self-evaluation, as two moderator variables, directly affect social anxiety.