Psychosocial characteristics and motivational factors in woman seeking cosmetic breast augmentation surgery
Author(s) -
Jeleikolić,
Zlata Janjić,
Marija Marinković,
Jelica Petrović,
Teodora Božić
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp1310940n
Subject(s) - psychosocial , breast augmentation , body mass index , self esteem , marital status , medicine , mammaplasty , rating scale , psychology , clinical psychology , surgery , developmental psychology , psychiatry , population , environmental health , implant , pathology
There are various opinions regarding the factors motivating women to undergo breast augmentation. The aim of this study was to estimate motivation for augmentation mammaplasty (AM), self-esteem and body image perception in breast augmentation patients.
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