Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity Predicts Body Dysmorphic Disorder Symptoms and Cosmetic Surgery Acceptance

Park, Lora E.; Calogero, Rachel M.; Young, Ariana F.; DiRaddo, Ann Marie

doi:10.1521/jscp.2010.29.5.489

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“…Adolescents and adults who are higher in appearance‐RS report poorer self‐esteem, more restrictive eating behavior, elevated risk for body dysmorphic disorder, and greater acceptance of cosmetic surgery than their peers with lower appearance‐RS (Park, ; Park, Calogero, Young, & DiRaddo, ; Webb & Zimmer‐Gembeck, ). Moreover, appearance‐RS has important implications for social relationships.…”

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“Pretty Pressure” From Peers, Parents, and the Media: A Longitudinal Study of Appearance‐Based Rejection Sensitivity

Webb

Zimmer‐Gembeck

Waters

et al. 2017

J of Research on Adolesc

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Drawing from the tripartite sociocultural model of body image, the researchers examined whether direct messages and modeling from peers, parents, and media were concurrently and prospectively associated with appearance-based rejection sensitivity (appearance-RS) in young adolescents (M = 12.0 years). Appearance-RS was higher among those who concurrently reported more appearance-related teasing and pressure by peers, more parent teasing, and greater acceptance of media appearance ideals. In prospective analyses, greater increases in appearance-RS over 1 year were found for adolescents who perceived higher levels of parental appearance-related teasing and negative attitudes about their own appearance. Moderation analyses indicated the positive prospective association between parental negative appearance attitudes and appearance-RS was found in younger but not older participants. Gender did not moderate associations.

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“Pretty Pressure” From Peers, Parents, and the Media: A Longitudinal Study of Appearance‐Based Rejection Sensitivity

Webb

Zimmer‐Gembeck

Waters

et al. 2017

J of Research on Adolesc

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“…() both found higher risks of suicide among women who had undergone cosmetic surgery compared with the general population. One possible explanation is that women with psychological conditions such as body dysmorphic disorder (Callaghan, Lopez, Wong, Northcross, & Anderson, ; Crerand et al., ; Nabi, ; Park, Calogero, Young, & Diraddo, ) and eating disorders (Carrion, Rabin, Weinberger‐Litman, & Fogel, ; Coughin et al., ) have a tendency to be attracted to cosmetic surgery as a means to correct their perceived physical defects—a strategy that is often unsuccessful in these clinical populations (Crerand, Phillips, Menard, & Fay, ; Crerand et al., ; Sarwer & Crerand, ; Tignol, Biraben‐Gotzamanis, Martin‐Guehl, Grabot, & Aouizerate, ).…”

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Body Image, Objectification, and Attitudes Toward Cosmetic Surgery

Vaughan-Turnbull

Lewis

2015

J Appl Biobehavioral Res

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Objectification theory has been used to explain how women's experiences of sexual objectification results in self-objectification, self-surveillance, and body shame, with emerging research linking these factors with positive attitudes toward cosmetic surgery. The present study aimed to further examine the utility of the objectification model in predicting women's interest in cosmetic surgery. Participants were 233 Australian female undergraduate students who completed an online questionnaire. The results from two multiple regression analyses supported the hypotheses that sexual objectification, self-objectification, self-surveillance, and body shame predicted an increased acceptance as well as consideration of cosmetic surgery. The results suggest that objectification theory is a useful framework in explaining Australian women's desire for cosmetic surgery, highlighting the need for further investigation into positive body image.Fredrickson and Roberts' (1997) objectification theory proposes that in Western society, women's experiences of having their bodies sexually objectified can lead women to self-objectify by internalizing the observer's perspective on their body. This results in women adopting a view of themselves as an object whose worth is measured through the appearance and function of their body parts in relation to the pleasure of others. Self-objectification also results in women measuring themselves against Western sociocultural standards of beauty (Moradi, Dirks, & Matteson, 2005). Fredrickson and Roberts posit that sexual objectification manifests through an objectified male gaze, which is the perspective of a heterosexual man focusing on the sexual characteristics of a women's body. This male gaze occurs in interpersonal encounters and through mass media consumption.

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“…In clinics, however, some patients with body dysmorphic disorder present ideas or delusions of reference 1. To relieve distress, patients tended to accept plastic surgery for both social and personal reasons 30. The factor also helps to understand the comorbidity between body dysmorphic disorder and social anxiety disorder 31…”

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Development of a Body Image Concern Scale using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in Chinese university students

He¹,

Zheng²,

Ji³

et al. 2017

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BackgroundThe body dysmorphic disorder is prevalent in general population and in psychiatric, dermatological, and plastic-surgery patients, but there lacks a structure-validated, comprehensive self-report measure of body image concerns, which is established through both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses.MethodsWe have composed a 34-item matrix targeting the body image concerns and trialed it in 328 male and 365 female Chinese university students. Answers to the matrix dealt with treatments including exploratory factor analyses, reserve of qualified items, and confirmatory factor analyses of latent structures.ResultsSix latent factors, namely the Social Avoidance, Appearance Dissatisfaction, Preoccupation with Reassurance, Perceived Distress/Discrimination, Defect Hiding, and Embarrassment in Public, were identified. The factors and their respective items have composed a 24-item questionnaire named as the Body Image Concern Scale. Each factor earned a satisfactory internal reliability, and the intercorrelations between these factors were in a median level. Women scored significantly higher than men did on the Appearance Dissatisfaction, Preoccupation with Reassurance, and Defect Hiding.ConclusionThe Body Image Concern Scale has displayed its structure validation and gender preponderance in Chinese university students.

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Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity Predicts Body Dysmorphic Disorder Symptoms and Cosmetic Surgery Acceptance

Cited by 105 publications

References 73 publications

“Pretty Pressure” From Peers, Parents, and the Media: A Longitudinal Study of Appearance‐Based Rejection Sensitivity

“Pretty Pressure” From Peers, Parents, and the Media: A Longitudinal Study of Appearance‐Based Rejection Sensitivity

Body Image, Objectification, and Attitudes Toward Cosmetic Surgery

Development of a Body Image Concern Scale using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in Chinese university students

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