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Psychological features in a german sample of female cosmetic surgery candidates.Mühlan H, Eisenmann-Klein M, Schmidt S Division of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Clinic and Policlinic of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Department, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz, Saarstr. 21, D-55099, Mainz, F.R.G., Germany, muehlan@uni-mainz.de. BACKGROUND: Psychological processes are vitally important to understanding the rationale for cosmetic surgery. This study focused on three core psychological issues (self-esteem, body image, and psychopathology) in its investigation of patients undergoing cosmetic surgery preoperatively. Furthermore, it aimed to provide some data especially for a German sample of female cosmetic surgery patients concerning this subject. METHODS: A cross-sectional design was used to investigate and compare a sample of female cosmetic surgery candidates (n = 35) and a nonsurgical control group (n = 35) matched for central sociodemographic features (gender, region, confession) and controlled for age. These factors are known as covariates of body image. All psychological features were assessed by widely used self-report measures: the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the Evaluation of the Own Body Questionnaire (FBeK), and the Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL 90-R). RESULTS: The results indicate no statistically significant differences between the two groups in any of the scores, except for the FBeK Accentuation of the Body subscale. CONCLUSIONS: According to the findings, this lack of evidence for group differences in general psychosocial scales corresponds widely to findings of other empirical studies. Published 20 November 2007 in Aesthetic Plast Surg, 31(6): 746-51.
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