Comparison of the Five Dimensions of Personality, Body Image and Self-Esteem in Women Applying for Cosmetic Surgery and Non-Applicants
nazanin amin kazemi
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hadi AkbariNejhad
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parya faroughi
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ucna,ac,ir
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Keywords: Five Dimensions of Personality, Body Image, Self-Esteem, Cosmetic Surgery.,
Abstract :
The purpose of this research was to compare the five dimensions of personality, body image and self-esteem in women applying for cosmetic surgery and non-applicants. The research method was causal-comparative. The statistical population was made up of all women applying for cosmetic surgery referring to private beauty centers in Tabriz city in 1402. The statistical sample consisted of 100 women (50) who were candidates for cosmetic surgery and (50) who were not candidates. They were selected using purposive sampling method for comparison with the target group and were tested and were tested using the five-factor questionnaires of Neo Costa and McCree (1992).the multidimensional body-self relationship (1997) and Rosenberg's self-esteem (1965) questionnaireIn order to analyze the data, the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) test was used. The research hypotheses test showed that there is no significant difference between the women applying for cosmetic surgery and non-applicants in terms of the five dimensions of personality and its components (neuroticism, extroversion, flexibility) (p>0.05), but there is a significant difference between the dimensions of agreeableness and conscientiousness ( p>0.001), also in the variable of body image and its components (importance to others, responsibility, courage, self-acceptance) (p>0.05) and self-esteem and its components (05 There is no significant difference. According to the obtained results, it can be said that women applying for cosmetic surgery do not differ from non-applicating women in terms of the five dimensions of personality, body image and self-esteem.
