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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"cosmetic surgery"”.
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Attitudes towards cosmetic surgery among Icelanders
The frequency of cosmetic surgery has increased substantially the last few decades and psychological studies have increased accordingly. However, a lot can be added to the limited literature available. The aim of the study was to examine the attitudes towards cosmetic surgery among Icelanders with …
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Media Effects: Cultural Appropriation And Attitudes Towards Cosmetic Surgery
… women through non-surgical and or surgical cosmetic procedures and vice versa. Participants were 26 African American women and 54 Caucasian women who had previously undergone either non-surgical or surgical cosmetic procedures. Results indicate that African American women were more likely to …
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The Globalization of Cosmetic Surgery: Examining BRIC and Beyond
<p>What is driving the globalization of cosmetic surgery? Using BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries as a model, this master's thesis systematically identifies and analyzes (1) the origins of cosmetic surgery in historical, regional, and country-specific terms, and (2) examples of how …
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Body Objectification, Ethnic Identity and Cosmetic Surgery in African-American Women
… with their bodies and their decisions for cosmetic procedures. The research hypotheses are: (1) The odds of receiving a cosmetic procedure increase with lower endorsements of ethnic identity. (2) Ethnic identity has an effect on surveillance, shame, and body control in African-American …
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Colombian Women’s Experiences of Cosmetic Surgery and its Relationship to Body Image
… study was to understand women’s experiences of cosmetic surgery and its effects on body image on women from the Colombian cities of Bogotá and Pereira. The participants of this study were women of Colombian descent, who reside in Colombia. This was done with the hopes of better understanding how …
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Understanding the Importance of Psychological Screenings for Patients Undergoing Elective, Invasive Cosmetic Surgery: A Literature Review
… women alike are undergoing elective, invasive cosmetic surgery. Research has found there is an increasing number of patients choosing cosmetic surgery in hopes of alleviating psychological disorders such as body dysmorphic disorder and low self-esteem. The objective of this review is to analyze …
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The experience of female patients seeking elective rhinoplasty surgery: a narrative inquiry
… The research question explored how, if at all, surgery impacts women’s embodied sense of themselves and if there is a way of providing psychological support to this patient group. Four female patients were interviewed preoperatively and postoperatively using a narrative inquiry approach. The …
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The Effects of Appearance-Based Reality Shows on Body Image
… reported lower levels of viewership of cosmetic surgery shows and fashion, style, and self-improvement makeover shows, a small positive relationship was found between viewership of fashion, style, self-improvement shows and thin ideal internalization. However, no relationships were found …
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Body Objectification and Elective Cosmetic Procedures in African American Women
Trends in cosmetic surgery are an ever-popular topic of discussion; however, little psychological or empirical research has been devoted to understanding specific psychological factors for ethnic minorities. African American women have historically fallen outside of Euro-centric beauty norms and …
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Reading the gendered body in contemporary culture, 1980-1990
… female body building, male stripping, cosmetic surgery, and reproductive engineering. Through a combination of close readings (of science fiction novels, cult films, advertisements, and other texts of everyday life) and original ethnographic investigation, I examine the process through …
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Landscapes of transformation
… advancement has increasingly enabled cosmetic surgery and contemporary architectural techniques to encourage a cultural aesthetic of transformation. In both the human body and architecture, transformation offers a physical and psychological effect. As a cultural enterprise, how can …
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Driven to look good: the role of narcissism in concerns about body perception and motivations to act on those concerns
… a more desired state via methods of exercise, cosmetic surgery, or eating disorder type behaviors. It was hypothesized that individuals with higher levels of grandiose narcissistic tendencies would be more likely to utilize traditional narcissistic motivations such as competition and social …
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Motivational factors and post procedure impact of facial dermal fillers: a qualitative descriptive study
… increase in the number of minimally invasive cosmetic procedures, such as dermal fillers. As there are few studies in this field, with most focussing on cosmetic surgery, we conducted research into perceptions around use of dermal fillers, which could contribute to standards of care in …
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The Arrangements of Leopold Godowsky: an aesthetic, historical, and analytical study
… By contrast, the later ones tend to perform only cosmetic surgery on the originals.
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Manipulating the mechanical strength and biological stability of collagen-based scaffolds for tissue engineering
… of tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and cosmetic surgery.
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Self-Esteem, Body Image and Appearance Management Behaviors among Korean and Caucasian-American Women: Associations to Attitudes toward Social Comparison and Model’s Ethnicity in Advertisements
… such as makeup, dieting, eating disorders, and cosmetic surgery. Sociocultural theory has been used to explain the development of body dissatisfaction as negative effects of exposure to the societal beauty ideal (Posavac, Posavac, & Posavac, 1998) and social comparison theory has been used to …
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Stigma, Surgery and Social Identity: Attitudes towards Cosmetic and Sexual Reassignment Surgeries
… and interviews to explore social approval of cosmetic and sexual reassignment surgeries as a means of studying sex and gender in contemporary society. It draws from poststructuralist, queer, symbolic interactionist and intersectionality theories. This study found that social approval was …
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Narcissistic Vulnerabilities Experienced within the Processes of Change and Development
… women who chose to undergo facial rejuvenation cosmetic surgery and/or procedures and were satisfied with the results. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was chosen as this approach enabled participants to express the meaning this experience held for them. As the researcher I engaged with …
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Perceptions of Cosmetic Alteration in Different Sized Attractive Women.
<p>Two experimental phases examined the characteristics impacting the physical attractiveness stereotype and a potential stereotype shift. From reading a description of a hypothetical target, Phase 1 of this study revealed that participants considered an overweight attractive woman significantly …