Randomized trial investigates suggestibility and psychic pain effects on body dysmorphic disorder, suggesting therapeutic implications.
Key Points
This research aims to explore how suggestibility and psychic pain influence body dysmorphic disorder symptoms through defense mechanisms.
Cross-sectional design involving 150 body dysmorphic disorder patients using purposive sampling.
Data collection utilized the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale-Form C, the Mental Pain Scale, Defense Style Questionnaire, and the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale modified for BDD.
Analysis focused on identifying direct and indirect effects of suggestibility and psychic pain on BDD symptoms via defense mechanisms.
Suggestibility and psychic pain had significant direct effects on BDD symptoms.
Both suggestibility and psychic pain were found to positively mediate the effects on BDD symptoms through defense mechanisms.
The model explained 78.2% of the variation in BDD symptoms, indicating robust theoretical implications.