Temperament and character traits of women admitted for breast reduction and comparison with body perception

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 359-364

  Turhan Haktanir, Nurten ^a   Geçici, Ömer ^b   Emül, H Murat ^c   Aşik, Ahmet ^a   Demir, Yavuz ^a   Özbulut, Ömer ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Character; Mammaplasty; Self esteem; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CHARACTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CHARACTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 77953025838     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-009-9465-2     Document Type: Article

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