en رويكرد شناختي رفتاري Cognitive behavioral پژوهشي Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify"><b>Objective:</b> The aim of this study was to investigate the role of five major personality factors and sexual self-schema in body image dissatisfaction.&nbsp;</p> <div> <p style="text-align: justify"><b>Methods: </b>In this study, a correlational design was used and 270 individuals (Male: 135, Female: 135) with age of 17 to 40, citizens of Tehran, who were selected by the available random sampling were included. They completed Neo-PI questionnaire, Fisher body image scale (Fisher, 1970), and Sexual Self-schema Scale (Cyranowski & Andersen, 1998).&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: justify"><b>Results: </b>The results show a meaningful and positive relationship between neuroticism and body image dissatisfaction there is also a meaningful and negative relationship between conscientiousness, openness to experience, extroversion, agreeableness and body image dissatisfaction. General sexual Self-schema, the personality factors of neuroticism and agreeableness can predict 26.9 percent of body image dissatisfaction variance.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify"><b>Conclusion:</b> Low scores in positive personality characteristics such as conscientiousness, openness to experience, extroversion and agreeableness and high scores in the neuroticism with poor sexual Self-schema make the individuals vulnerable to negative messages about their body sizes and shapes that finally results in their body image dissatisfaction.</div> </div> Sexual self-schema, Body image dissatisfaction, Personality factors 127 134 http://jpcp.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-66-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohsen Nouri محسن نوری omid.nouri9@gmail.com No University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences Behrouz Dolatshahi بهروز دولتشاهی dolatshahee@yahoo.com Yes University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Science, Tehran, Iran. هیئت علمی دانشگاه علوم بهزیستی و توانبخشی Asgar Dadkhah اصغر دادخواه No Professor of University of social welfare and rehabilitation Science هیئت علمی دانشگاه علوم بهزیستی و توانبخشی Modjgan Falahatdoost مژگان فلاحت دوست No