Acceptance of cosmetic surgery: Personality and individual difference predictors

Body Image

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-13

  Swami, Viren ^a   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^b   Bridges, Stacey ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body image; Cosmetic surgery; Individual differences; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 57849086496     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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