Differential judgements about disfigurement: the role of location, age and gender in decisions made by observers

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-77

  Gardiner, Matthew D ^a   Topps, Ashley ^a   Richardson, George ^a   Sacker, Amanda ^b   Clarke, Alex ^a   Butler, Peter E M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body image; Disfigurement; Facial lesion; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FACE DEFORMITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 72649098480     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.07.043     Document Type: Article

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