Calogero, R.M. and Pina, A. and Park, L. and Rahemtulla, Z. (2010) Objectification theory predicts college women’s attitudes toward cosmetic surgery. Sex Roles, 63 (1-2). pp. 32-41. ISSN 0360-0025 .
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| Official URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-010-9759-5 |
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Abstract
This study investigated cosmetic surgery attitudes within the framework of objectification theory. One hundred predominantlyWhite, British undergraduate women completed self-report measures of impression management, global selfesteem, interpersonal sexual objectification, self-surveillance, body shame, and three components of cosmetic surgery attitudes. As expected, each of the objectification theory variables predicted greater consideration of having cosmetic surgery in the future. Also, as expected, sexual objectification and body shame uniquely predicted socialmotives for cosmetic surgery, whereas self-surveillance uniquely predicted intrapersonal motives for cosmetic surgery. These findings suggest that women’s acceptance of cosmetic surgery as a way to manipulate physical appearance can be partially explained by the degree to which they view themselves through the lenses of sexual and self-objectification.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Psychology Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Psychology > Applied Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Rachel Calogero |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2010 14:32 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2013 16:35 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/25837 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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