Behzad Abdollahpoor - Nursing Faculty of Azad Para Medical University, Larestan, IR Iran
Mehroosh Bagheryan - nursing faculty of azad paramedical university ,larestan,IR Iran
Ahmad Behzadi - nursing faculty of azad paramedical university ,larestan,IR Iran
Zivar Abdollahpour - Irannursing faculty of hazrat zeinab,larestan,IR Iran

BackgroundReconsidering the body and expressing it in sociological contexts have created wide discussion around topics such as identity, social movement, consuming culture, life style, ethnic and even in social theorizing during the two recent decades like returning to the culture or returning to the language. The Goal of this research is to investigate the effect of the testing behavioral cognitive body image therapy on improving of social anxiety in Larestan high school students.Material and methodsIn this experimental study, two groups [experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) group] were accidentally selected from available sample. At first social anxiety rate was measured in two groups by social phobia inventory criteria, then behavioral cognitive body image therapy implemented on experimental group.ResultsBehavioral cognitive body image therapy had statistically significant effect on reduction of social anxiety (p<0.01) and social phobia (p<0.01). Agoraphobia was not improved in significant statistically.ConclusionsOur study’s results showed that the use of behavioral cognitive body image therapy is a useful method for reduction of social anxiety rate in high school students.

Behavioral Cognitive Body Image Therapy, Anxiety, Agoraphobia