The Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale: Initial examination of its factor structure and correlates among Brazilian adults

Body Image

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-185

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Campana, Angela Nogueira Neves Betanho ^c   Ferreira, Lucilene ^c   Barrett, Seishin ^a   Harris, Amy Sunshine ^a   Tavares, Maria da Consolação Gomes Cunha Fernandes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale; Brazil; Cosmetic surgery; Scale translation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BRAZIL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BRAZIL; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 79953051740     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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