The Relationships between Selected Psychological Antecedents and Body Image Concern among Women Seeking Plastic surgery

The aim of the present study was to examine the relationships of fear ofnegative evaluation and fear of negative appearance evaluation to body imageconcern among women seeking plastic surgery. the sample consisted of 180female patients. the subjects completed 3 scales: fear of negative evaluationscale (fne), fear of negative appearance evaluation scale (fnae) and thebody image concern inventory (bici). data were analyzed using correlationand multiple regression analyses. results showed that the relationships of fearof negative evaluation and fear of negative appearance evaluation to bodyimage concern were statistically significant. in addition, fear of negativeappearance evaluation was the best predictor of body image concern amongwomen seeking plastic surgery. the present fmdings highlight somerecommendations for these patients that lead to positive evaluation about realbody image.