Looking good: Factors affecting the likelihood of having cosmetic surgery

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 211-218

  Swami, Viren ^a   Arteche, Adriane ^b   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^b   Furnham, Adrian ^c   Stieger, Stefan ^d   Haubner, Tanja ^e   Voracek, Martin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cosmetic surgery; Path analysis; Self improvement; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 38349057757     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: 14350130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00238-007-0185-z     Document Type: Article

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