Didie Elizabeth R, Sarwer David B
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2003 Apr;12(3):241-53. doi: 10.1089/154099903321667582.
This study examined the factors that motivate women to seek cosmetic breast augmentation surgery.
Twenty-five breast augmentation surgery candidates completed measures of body image dissatisfaction, sociocultural influences on physical appearance, marital and sexual satisfaction, and self-report questionnaires that assessed other motivations for surgery. Thirty physically similar women who were not interested in breast augmentation also completed the measures.
Replicating previous studies, breast augmentation candidates, compared with controls, reported greater dissatisfaction with their breasts. The two groups, however, did not differ on overall body image dissatisfaction or greater awareness or internalization of sociocultural influences on physical appearance. Breast augmentation patients reported more positive sexual functioning compared with controls.
Overall, breast augmentation patients appeared to be motivated by their feelings about their breasts rather than direct or indirect influence from external sources, such as romantic partners or sociocultural representations of beauty. These findings provide new information on the motivations behind breast augmentation and dispute several stereotypes about the factors that influence the pursuit of this surgery.
本研究调查了促使女性寻求隆乳手术的因素。
25名隆乳手术候选人完成了身体意象不满、社会文化对外表的影响、婚姻及性满意度的测量，以及评估手术其他动机的自我报告问卷。30名对隆乳不感兴趣但身体状况相似的女性也完成了这些测量。
与之前的研究一致，与对照组相比，隆乳候选人对自己的乳房更不满意。然而，两组在总体身体意象不满或对社会文化对外表影响的更高认知或内化方面并无差异。与对照组相比，隆乳患者报告性功能更积极。
总体而言，隆乳患者似乎是受自身对乳房的感受所驱使，而非来自外部因素（如浪漫伴侣或美的社会文化表征）的直接或间接影响。这些发现为隆乳背后的动机提供了新信息，并对一些关于影响此类手术追求因素的刻板印象提出了质疑。
