Multiple sclerosisis a progressive degenerative disease which often occurs at early stages of life and causes variation in body esteem and SELF-ESTEEM among MS patients. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between body esteem and SELF-ESTEEM among patients with multiple sclerosis. This study contained 395 patients suffering from multiple sclerosis in, who were gradually selected by convenience sampling method. Data were collected through Taleporos body esteem questionnaire and Rosenberg SELF-ESTEEM questionnaire. Data were analyzed using independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, Spearman’s correlation coefficient, Chisquare coefficient, and post hoc Scheffe test. The results showed that most patients had moderate SELF-ESTEEM and only a small percentage (16.2%) had high SELF-ESTEEM. According to the score for body esteem (3.25) and overall mean score of body esteem (42.25), patients with MS had favorable level of body esteem. Spearman’s correlation coefficient demonstrated a significantly direct, linear relationship between body esteem and SELF-ESTEEM. Since coping occurs more rapidly in chronic diseases including multiple sclerosis in the presence of factors such appositive body esteem and increased SELF-ESTEEM, this is the responsibility of nurses to increase patients’ coping by identifying the related factors and thus be effective in improving their self-efficacy and self-care.

The experience of anxiety by undergraduate students has negative effects on their academic performance and on their mental health and professional performance later. In recent years, researchers and clinicians have increasingly come to understand the etiology, prevalence and broad impacts of social anxiety disorder (or social phobia as it was called in DSM-III-R) on the individual. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between selfesteem and social anxiety among undergraduate students. This survey was conducted through cross-sectional method. The data were collected from 220 students of Yazd University in seven educational groups (between 23 October and 23 November 2006).These students were selected through proportional stratified sampling. They responded to Standardized Scales of Rosenberg' s SELF-ESTEEM Scale (RSES) and Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN). The results revealed significant difference among students with different levels of SELF-ESTEEM concerning to "social anxiety" (p<0.05), in general, and with regard to "fear of people with authority" (p<0.01), in particular. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis confirmed that the SELF-ESTEEM explained 16.1% of the variance in social anxiety. In contrast, there was negative correlation between SELF-ESTEEM, selfassessment and social anxiety, in general and with fear of authoritative persons, in particular. Thus, with an increase of students' scores on the SELF-ESTEEM scale, the students' scores on the social phobia inventory decreased.