Objectification theory predicts college women's attitudes toward cosmetic surgery

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-41

  Calogero, Rachel M ^a   Pina, Afroditi ^a   Park, Lora E ^b   Rahemtulla, Zara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body shame; Cosmetic surgery; Objectification theory; Self surveillance; Sexual objectification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955251190     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9759-5     Document Type: Article

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