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Introduction: Obesity is a multifactorial disease defined by excessive adiposity, posing a health risk by increasing the risk of noncommunicable diseases. We aimed to investigate the relationship between personality traits and physical-social anxiety in overweight women seeking bariatric surgery. Methods: An applied and descriptive-correlational design was used in this cross-sectional study. The participants were overweight women who had applied for bariatric surgery and went to the hospital; a total of 110 people were selected through convenience sampling. The participants completed questionnaires on demographic characteristics, personality (neuroticism-extroversion-openness [NEO] personality inventory), and physical-social features. Data were analyzed using SPSS software via regression and correlation analysis at a significance level of P=0.01. Results: We found a positive relationship between neuroticism and physical-social anxiety (P=0.01). Conversely, extraversion, agreeableness, openness, and conscientiousness exhibited negative associations with physicalsocial anxiety (P=0.01). Conclusion: Our study indicates that neuroticism is a positive and significant predictor of physical-social anxiety, while extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness are negative predictors of physical stress. These findings highlight the importance of considering personality traits in understanding the physicalsocial anxiety of overweight women seeking bariatric surgery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]