Sarwer David B, LaRossa Don, Bartlett Scott P, Low David W, Bucky Louis P, Whitaker Linton A
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003 Jul;112(1):83-90. doi: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000066005.07796.51.
This study investigated the body image concerns of women who sought cosmetic breast augmentation. Thirty breast augmentation candidates completed several measures of body image before their initial surgical consultation. Thirty physically similar women who were not interested in breast augmentation were recruited from the medical center and university community and also completed the measures. Breast augmentation candidates, as compared with women not seeking augmentation, reported greater dissatisfaction with their breasts. Augmentation candidates rated their ideal breast size, as well as the breast size preferred by women, as significantly larger than did controls. In addition, women interested in breast augmentation reported greater investment in their appearance, greater distress about their appearance in a variety of situations, and more frequent teasing about their appearance. Finally, breast augmentation candidates also reported more frequent use of psychotherapy in the year before the operation as compared with women not seeking augmentation. These results replicate and extend previous studies of body image in cosmetic surgery patients.
本研究调查了寻求隆胸手术的女性对身体形象的关注。30名隆胸手术候选人在初次手术咨询前完成了几项身体形象测量。从医疗中心和大学社区招募了30名身体状况相似但对隆胸不感兴趣的女性，她们也完成了这些测量。与不寻求隆胸的女性相比，隆胸手术候选人对自己的乳房表现出更大的不满。隆胸手术候选人评定的理想乳房尺寸以及女性偏好的乳房尺寸，均显著大于对照组。此外，对隆胸感兴趣的女性在外表方面投入更多，在各种情况下对自己的外表更苦恼，且因外表受到取笑的频率更高。最后，与不寻求隆胸的女性相比，隆胸手术候选人还报告称在手术前一年更频繁地使用心理治疗。这些结果重复并扩展了之前关于整容手术患者身体形象的研究。
