Acceptance of cosmetic surgery and celebrity worship: Evidence of associations among female undergraduates

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 869-872

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Taylor, Rosanne ^a   Carvalho, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acceptance of cosmetic surgery; Celebrity worship

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849083885     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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