TY - JOUR
T1 - Looking good: factors affecting the likelihood of having cosmetic surgery
AU - Swami, Viren
AU - Arteche, Adriane
AU - Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas
AU - Furnham, Adrian
AU - Stieger, Stefan
AU - Haubner, Tanja
AU - Voracek, Martin
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements Tanja Haubner is supported by a Young Researcher Mini Grant from the Dean’s Office, School of Psychology, University of Vienna.
PY - 2008/2/1
Y1 - 2008/2/1
N2 - The present study examined various factors associated with the likelihood of having cosmetic surgery in a community sample of Austrian participants. One-hundred and sixty-eight women and 151 men completed a questionnaire measuring how likely they were to consider common cosmetic procedures. The results showed that women were more likely than men to consider most cosmetic procedures. Path analysis revealed that personal experience of having had cosmetic surgery was a significant predictor of future likelihood, while media exposure (viewing advertisements or television programs, or reading articles about cosmetic surgery) mediated the influence of vicarious experience and sex. These results are discussed in relation to previous work examining the factors associated with the likelihood of having cosmetic surgery.
AB - The present study examined various factors associated with the likelihood of having cosmetic surgery in a community sample of Austrian participants. One-hundred and sixty-eight women and 151 men completed a questionnaire measuring how likely they were to consider common cosmetic procedures. The results showed that women were more likely than men to consider most cosmetic procedures. Path analysis revealed that personal experience of having had cosmetic surgery was a significant predictor of future likelihood, while media exposure (viewing advertisements or television programs, or reading articles about cosmetic surgery) mediated the influence of vicarious experience and sex. These results are discussed in relation to previous work examining the factors associated with the likelihood of having cosmetic surgery.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00238-007-0185-z
DO - 10.1007/s00238-007-0185-z
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0930-343X
VL - 30
SP - 211
EP - 218
JO - European Journal of Plastic Surgery
JF - European Journal of Plastic Surgery
IS - 5
ER -