the relationship between innovativeness and cognitive ability in rhinoplasty candidates with the mediating role of cognitive distortion

Introduction: the purpose of this study was to find the relationship between innovativeness and cognitive ability in rhinoplasty candidates with the mediating role of cognitive distortion via the bootstrap approach.method: the correlation research method was path analysis. the statistical population included all rhinoplasty candidates in iran from august 2022 until may 2023. in this study, 320 people who were candidates for cosmetic rhinoplasty were selected via the available method. they completed the innovativeness questionnaire (1990), the cognitive abilities questionnaire (2013), and the interpersonal cognitive distortions scale (2004) through google form due to the covid-19 outbreak. for data analysis, spss-21 and amos software were used.results: the results showed that innovativeness had a direct effect on cognitive ability (t=2.52; ß=0.60) and cognitive distortion (t=2.09; ß=0.45), but cognitive distortion had an inverse effect on cognitive ability (t =1.99; ß=-0.40). the bootstrap test results indicated that cognitive distortion had a negative role as a mediator between innovativeness and cognitive ability.conclusion: by examining the underlying cognitive and psychological factors of a tendency to rhinoplasty, it is suggested that cognitive interventions should be conducted on all candidates for cosmetic surgeries to prevent unnecessary rhinoplasty candidates by creating modified cognitive schemas.