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KMID : 0605720100160020148
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Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Therapies in Psychiatry
2010 Volume.16 No. 2 p.148 ~ p.155
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Dissatisfied Body Part and Personality Characteristics in a Korean Medical Student Sample
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Kim Hyun-Jin
Cha Seung-Min
Kim Jeong-Lan
Wang Seung-Keun
Chee Ik-Seung
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study investigated the relationship of the dissatisfied body parts, personality characteristics, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety, and self-esteem in a Korean medical student sample.
Methods: Three hundred and eighty six medical students completed the measures of Body Dysmorphic Disorder Examination-self report(BDDE-SR-Korean version), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ-Korean version), Beck Depression Inventory(BDI-Korean version), Maudsley Obsessional-Compulsive Inventory(MOCI-Korean version), Liebowitz social anxiety scale(LSAS-Korean version), Rosenberg Self Esteem scale(SES-Korean version).
Results: Out of the 386 students, 72.0%(N=278) were male and 28%(N=108) were female. The most dissatisfied body part of participants were waist-abdomen(10.0%), tooth(8.3%), head hair(7.8%), nose(6.8%) and thigh(5.3%). The gender difference in dissatisfied body parts, the body part in female student were breast, calves, thighs, nose and buttocks. Whereas, males were concerned about head hair, shoulder, genitals, chest, eyes, mouth. In Higher BDDE-SR score group, neuroticism, addiction, impulsivity, empathy and criminality personality traits were significantly higher than lower BDDE-SR score group. And, Higher BDDE-SR score were linked with high levels of MOCI, BDI, and LSAS score but with lower level of SES score.
Conclusion: These findings indicate that the medical college students with higher level of body dissatisfied are highly associated with neuroticism, addiction, impulsivity empathy and criminality personality traits, and have higher score of depression, social anxiety, obsession and poor self-esteem.
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KEYWORD
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Dissatisfied body part, Personality characteristics, Obsession, Depression, Social Anxiety, Self-esteem
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