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The role of body image concern, sexual body image, and sexual self-esteem in the happiness of women seeking rhinoplasty surgery

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Abstract

Background

This study aims to investigate the role of body image concern, sexual body image, and sexual self-esteem in the happiness of women seeking rhinoplasty surgery.

Methods

This study had a descriptive correlational design. Cases were defined as subjects who presented to beauty centers in Tehran. A convenience sample of 65 women participated. Each woman completed Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI), Body Image Concern Inventory (BICI), Body Exposure during Sexual Activities Questionnaire (BESAQ), and Sexual Self-Esteem Index for Woman-Short Form (SSEI-W-SF). The data were analyzed with Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression.

Results

The results showed that that there is a significant relationship between happiness with body image concern, sexual body image, and sexual self-esteem of people seeking rhinoplasty surgery (P < 0.05). Body image concern and sexual body image could predict 23% of the variance of happiness (P < 0.05).

Conclusions

A lower rate of body image concern predicts higher happiness in women seeking rhinoplasty surgery.

Level of Evidence: Level IV, risk/prognostic study.

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Acknowledgments

We are extremely grateful to all the participants and officials of health centers who sincerely cooperated in the present study. In addition, we would like to thank the members of the journal European Journal of Plastic Surgery, who have acted as peer reviewers and authors, and have provided guidance on journal content, policy, and processes.

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  1. Department of Psychology Science, Faculty of Human Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran

    Hanieh Najjaran Toussi

  2. Department of Education Science, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran

    Hossein Shareh

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Toussi, H.N., Shareh, H. The role of body image concern, sexual body image, and sexual self-esteem in the happiness of women seeking rhinoplasty surgery. Eur J Plast Surg 41, 401–408 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-017-1382-z

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