University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 4-11-2007 Reality Cosmetic Surgery Makeovers: Potential Psychological and Behavioral Correlates Steffanie Sperry University of South Florida Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the American Studies Commons Scholar Commons Citation Sperry, Steffanie, "Reality Cosmetic Surgery Makeovers: Potential Psychological and Behavioral Correlates" (2007). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3887 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Reality Cosmetic Surgery Makeovers: Potential Psychological and Behavioral Correlates by Steffanie Sperry A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Department of Psychology College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Major Professor: J. Kevin Thompson, Ph.D. Joseph Vandello, Ph.D. Jamie Goldenberg, Ph.D. Date of Approval: April 11, 2007 Keywords: body image, plastic surgery, television, media, eating disorders Copyright 2007, Steffanie Sperry Table of Contents List of Tables ..................................................................................................................... iv List of Figures.................................................................................................................... vi Abstract............................................................................................................................. vii Introduction......................................................................................................................... 1 Cosmetic surgery statistics.............................................................................................. 2 Advances in medicine..................................................................................................... 4 Patient characteristics...................................................................................................... 4 The role of the media ...................................................................................................... 7 Evolution of the media: the surge of reality programming.......................................... 10 The tripartite model of core influence .......................................................................... 12 Pilot study ..................................................................................................................... 14 Current study................................................................................................................. 16 Hypotheses .....……………………….....…………………………………..…..……..16 Method .............................................................................................................................. 18 Participants.................................................................................................................... 18 Measures ....................................................................................................................... 18 Demographic Questionnaire ..................................................................................... 18 MBSRQ-AE.............................................................................................................. 19 MBSRQ-BASS ......................................................................................................... 19 SATAQ-3.................................................................................................................. 20 ASI-R ........................................................................................................................ 20 EDI-3-DT/BD/B ....................................................................................................... 21 AES........................................................................................................................... 22 ACSS......................................................................................................................... 23 i CSAQ........................................................................................................................ 23 CPPS ......................................................................................................................... 24 TVM………………………………………………………………………………...25 Procedure ...................................................................................................................... 25 Research design and analyses…………......…………………………………………..26 Results............................................................................................................................... 30 Reliability analysis: cosmetic surgery measures………............……….…………..…31 Cosmetic procedure frequency...……………………………….......………………… 32 Results by hypothesis…………...…………………………………......………………32 Hypothesis 1.............................................................................................................. 32 Hypothesis 2.............................................................................................................. 38 Hypothesis 3.............................................................................................................. 43 Hypothesis 4.............................................................................................................. 44 Hypothesis 5.............................................................................................................. 45 Hypothesis 6…………………………………………………………….……….….45 Hypothesis 7…………………………………………………………….……….….46 Hypothesis 8……………………………………………………………..………….47 Discussion......................................................................................................................... 49 References......................................................................................................................... 56 Appendices........................................................................................................................ 66 Appendix A: Demographic Questionnaire.................................................................... 67 Appendix B: MBSRQ-AE ............................................................................................ 68 Appendix C: MBSRQ-BASS........................................................................................ 69 Appendix D: SATAQ-3 ................................................................................................ 70 Appendix E: ASI-R....................................................................................................... 71 Appendix F: EDI-3-DT/BD/B ...................................................................................... 73 Appendix G: AES ......................................................................................................... 74 Appendix H: ACSS....................................................................................................... 76 Appendix I: CSAQ........................................................................................................ 78 ii Appendix J: CPPS......................................................................................................... 81 Appendix K: Television Viewership Measure……………………………………...... 82 iii List of Tables Table 1. Item and scale means and standard deviations ...................................................30 Table 2. Means and standard deviations for the viewership indices.................................31 Table 3. Internal consistency reliability of the cosmetic surgery measures .....................31 Table 4. Correlation coeffiecients, standardized Beta coefficients, and corresponding p-values for the correlations between viewership indices and cosmetic surgery outcomes and the regression predicting individual cosmetic surgery outcomes from significantly related viewership items ....................................................................................................33 Table 5. Significant viewership predictors of interest in cosmetic procedures (AES) .....................................................................................................................36 Table 6. Significant viewership predictors of cosmetic surgery attitudes (ACSS-T) ...............................................................................................................36 Table 7. Significant viewership predictors of perceived intrapsychic benefits of cosmetic surgery (ACSS-I)..................................................................36 Table 8. Significant viewership predictors of perceived social benefits of cosmetic surgery (ACSS-S) ...................................................................................37 Table 9. Significant viewership predictors of consideration of cosmetic surgery (ACSS-C)..................................................................................................37 Table 10. Significant viewership predictors of cosmetic surgery attitudes (CSAQ) ..................................................................................................................37 Table 11. Significant viewership predictors of perceived pressure to have cosmetic surgery (CPPS) .......................................................................................37