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J Soc Psychol. 2012 Jul-Aug;152(4):458-79. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2011.637997.
Cosmetic surgery is increasingly popular globally, but how cosmetic surgery patients are socially evaluated is largely unknown. The present research documents attitudes toward these patients in multiple cultures (Hong Kong, Japan, and the United States). Across these cultures, attitudes toward cosmetic surgery patients were predominantly negative: Participants ascribed more negative attributes to cosmetic surgery patients and found cosmetic surgery not acceptable. Also, participants in Hong Kong and Japan were not willing to form social relationships, particularly intimate ones, with these patients. These attitudes were less negative in the United States than in Hong Kong and Japan, partly because social contact, which reduced negativity in attitudes toward cosmetic surgery patients, was more prevalent in the United States. These findings bear important implications for the subjective well-being of cosmetic surgery patients, who very often expect improvement in their social relationships through the surgery.
整容手术在全球范围内越来越受欢迎，但人们对整容手术患者的社会评价在很大程度上尚不清楚。本研究记录了多个文化背景下（中国香港、日本和美国）对这些患者的态度。在这些文化中，对整容手术患者的态度主要是负面的：参与者将更多的负面属性归因于整容手术患者，并认为整容手术不可接受。此外，中国香港和日本的参与者不愿意与这些患者建立社会关系，尤其是亲密关系。这些态度在美国比在中国香港和日本的态度不那么消极，部分原因是社会接触减少了对整容手术患者的负面态度，而这种社会接触在美国更为普遍。这些发现对整容手术患者的主观幸福感具有重要意义，他们通常希望通过手术改善自己的社会关系。
