Cosmetic surgery and the relationship between appearance satisfaction and extraversion: Testing a transactional model of personality

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1017-1025

  von Soest, Tilmann ^a   Kvalem, Ingela L ^a,b   Skolleborg, Knut C ^c   Roald, Helge E ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Department of Plastic and ENT Surgery   (Norway)

Author keywords

Appearance; Big Five; Cosmetic surgery; Extraversion; Five factor model

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350099226     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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