Correlates of young women's interest in obtaining cosmetic surgery

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 158-166

  Markey, Charlotte N ^a   Markey, Patrick M ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Cosmetic surgery; Media influence; Physical appearance teasing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349866292     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9625-5     Document Type: Article

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