The effectiveness of puberty mental health training on fear of body image and adjustment in high school male students

Adolescence is fraught with physical and psychological changes, including trait level changes in major domains of personality. trying to adapt a person with physical and emotional mood changes may cause a negative influence on the development of mental disorders in adolescents. thus, a plan should be developed for awareness in relation to these modifications until the needs of adolescents in the sensitive period are met. the purpose of the quasi-experimental study was to investigate the effect of puberty mental health training on fear of body image and adjustment in male second graders at high schools in ahvaz. this study attended by 30 students (15 in experimental and 15 control groups) who had a fear of body image and low adjustment. we used multi-stage random sampling method. for the boys of the experimental group, mental health training were designed and implemented in eight sessions for two months. after the meetings, the two variables of fear of body image and adjustment were measured with littleton, axsom, and pury body image concern inventory and sinha and singh adjustment inventory for high school students. difference in mean scores of fear of body image (p<0.001) and adjustment (p<0.001) in case group was statistically significant compared with the control group. the education with planning and better coordination between psychologists and schools for all students in the puberty age be implemented so that to prevent and control the crises, which may endanger the future of the juvenile, proper action should be taken.