Psychological Profile of Taiwanese Female Cosmetic Surgery Candidates: Understanding Their Motivation for Cosmetic Surgery | Zendy

Hung-Chi Chen | Zendy; Vasu Karri | Zendy; RweiLing Yu | Zendy; KuoPiao Chung | Zendy; YiTien Lu | Zendy; MingChin Yang | Zendy

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Psychological Profile of Taiwanese Female Cosmetic Surgery Candidates: Understanding Their Motivation for Cosmetic Surgery

Author(s) -

Hung-Chi Chen,

Vasu Karri,

RweiLing Yu,

KuoPiao Chung,

YiTien Lu,

MingChin Yang

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

aesthetic plastic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1432-5241

pISSN - 0364-216X

DOI - 10.1007/s00266-009-9461-6

Subject(s) - medicine , plastic surgery , otorhinolaryngology , surgery

Psychological processes consisting of body image and self-esteem are considered key to the motivation for cosmetic surgery (CS). The current study aimed to investigate such processes as well as social support, perception of other people's opinion, and sex life satisfaction of Taiwanese female CS candidates. Further analyses were conducted to identify which processes predicted motivation for CS.

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