Understanding cosmetic surgery consideration in Chinese adolescent girls: Contributions of materialism and sexual objectification

Ching, Boby Ho-Hong; Xu, Jason Teng

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.11.001

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“…The issue resides on the fact that the thin-ideal produces a worse body image with a tendency toward frustration based on a fatter body image than desired. This concern among young women results in making different choices to obtain the desired image, such as surgery [67,68]. In this sense, the results from this paper also showed a high frequency of women determined to undergo plastic surgery to improve their image, being focused on breast surgery.…”

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confidence: 82%

Social Media, Thin-Ideal, Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis

Aparicio-Martínez

Perea-Moreno

Redel-Macías

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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Disordered eating attitudes are rapidly increasing, especially among young women in their twenties. These disordered behaviours result from the interaction of several factors, including beauty ideals. A significant factor is social media, by which the unrealistic beauty ideals are popularized and may lead to these behaviours. The objectives of this study were, first, to determine the relationship between disordered eating behaviours among female university students and sociocultural factors, such as the use of social network sites, beauty ideals, body satisfaction, body image and the body image desired to achieve and, second, to determine whether there is a sensitive relationship between disordered eating attitudes, addiction to social networks, and testosterone levels as a biological factor. The data (N = 168) was obtained using validated surveys (EAT-26, BSQ, CIPE-a, SNSA) and indirect measures of prenatal testosterone. The data was analysed using chi-square, Student’s t-test, correlation tests and logistic regression tests. The results showed that disordered eating attitudes were linked to self-esteem (p < 0.001), body image (p < 0.001), body desired to achieve (p < 0.001), the use of social media (p < 0.001) and prenatal testosterone (p < 0.01). The findings presented in this study suggest a relationship between body image, body concerns, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating attitudes among college women.

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confidence: 82%

Social Media, Thin-Ideal, Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis

Aparicio-Martínez

Perea-Moreno

Redel-Macías

et al. 2019

IJERPH

213

121

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“…Cosmetic surgery is now a common subject in the media: advertisements promise increased attractiveness and success, magazines report on the latest advances in surgical procedures, and reality shows on television focus on participants' physical transformation. The effect is likely to be further augmented by news on celebrities' cosmetic surgeries in the media, since the acceptance of cosmetic surgery has been found to be related to celebrity worship (Ching and Xu 2019;Swami 2009b).…”

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confidence: 99%

Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery among Hungarian Women in a Global Context: the Hungarian Version of the Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale (ACSS)

Meskó

Láng

2019

Curr Psychol

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In recent years, the popularity of surgical cosmetic procedures has dramatically increased in the Western world. The Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale (ACSS) provides a measure of psychological acceptance of cosmetic surgery. The original instrument (ACSS) contains three subscales (Interpersonal, Social, and Consider). Since its publication, the ACSS has been adapted for many languages. The primary objective of the present study was to develop the Hungarian version of the ACSS. Furthermore, focus was laid on whether the original factor structure could be replicated with a Hungarian sample despite expectable cultural differences from other national samples. To obtain cross-culturally comparable data, the same scales were used for psychometric analysis as those used in the development of the original ACSS and its various national versions. The Hungarian sample included 482 female participants aged between 18 and 68 years (M = 29.02, SD = 10.71), who completed a questionnaire battery. Validity of the Hungarian version was tested with the following measures: the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3), the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the Body Appreciation Scale (BAS), and the Photographic Figure Rating Scale (PFRS) developed for women. The results show that the obtained Hungarian version of the ACSS is a reliable and valid measure, which enables researchers in the field to study Hungarian samples. Furthermore, the factor structure of the Hungarian scale is identical with that of the original ACSS, which enables reliable cross-cultural comparisons. For these reasons, the authors expect that the Hungarian ACSS will stimulate more in-depth quantitative research on attitudes towards cosmetic surgery within the Hungarian context, and it will also contribute to a better understanding of acceptance of cosmetic surgery from a cross-cultural perspective.

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“…Likewise, while the BSSS was focused on a number of key antecedents and outcomes that were derived from a review of relevant theory and research, there are also important gaps in knowledge that could be bridged in future work. For example, it may be useful to examine the extent to which breast size dissatisfaction impacts additional outcomes, such as participation in, and embodied discomfort during, physical activity (Brisbine, Steele, Phillips, & McGhee, 2019;Coltman, Steele, & McGhee, 2019), consideration of breast augmentation (Didie & Sarwer, 2003; see also Hopner & Chamberlain, 2020), post-mastectomy body acceptance (La, Jackson, & Shaw, 2019), and the navigation of clothing size standards (Bishop, Gruys, & Evans, 2018;Grogan, Gill, Brownbridge, Kilgariff, & Whalley, 2013). Another area worthy of scholarly attention is the extent to which motherhood and pregnancy may impact on breasted experiences (see Bartlett, 2000;Fuller-Tyszkiewicz et al, 2020;Lombardo et al, 2019) and, relatedly, whether breast size dissatisfaction is associated with breastfeeding behaviours (e.g., initiation, duration, and public breastfeeding; Morley-Hewitt & Owen, 2019).…”

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The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast size dissatisfaction and its antecedents and outcomes in women from 40 nations

Swami¹,

Tran²,

Barron³

et al. 2020

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The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS) was established to assess women's breast size dissatisfaction and breasted experiences from a cross-national perspective. A total of 18,541 women were recruited from 61 research sites across 40 nations and completed measures of current-ideal breast size discrepancy, as well as measures of theorised antecedents (personality, Western and local media exposure, and proxies of socioeconomic status) and outcomes (weight and appearance dissatisfaction, breast awareness, and

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Understanding cosmetic surgery consideration in Chinese adolescent girls: Contributions of materialism and sexual objectification

Cited by 73 publications

References 63 publications

Social Media, Thin-Ideal, Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis

Social Media, Thin-Ideal, Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis

Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery among Hungarian Women in a Global Context: the Hungarian Version of the Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale (ACSS)

The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast size dissatisfaction and its antecedents and outcomes in women from 40 nations

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