Öztürk Güncel, Beyazyüz Elmas, Albayrak Yakup, Beyazyüz Murat
Department of Plastic Surgery, Nişantaşı University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Department of Psychiatry, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University School of Medicine, Tekirdağ, Turkey.
Eur J Breast Health. 2021 Oct 4;17(4):308-314. doi: 10.4274/ejbh.galenos.2020.6276. eCollection 2021 Oct.
Breast augmentation surgery is one of the most common cosmetic procedures among women. In the present study, we compared personality traits, self-esteem, and body perception between women who had undergone breast augmentation surgery and a control group of women who had not. We hypothesized that the personality traits of women who had vs those who had not undergone breast augmentation surgery would differ.
According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, patients who had undergone breast augmentation surgery and age- and education-matched, healthy women were included in the present study. The breast augmentation group and control group were compared in terms of personality traits under the Basic Personality Traits Inventory. Additionally, self-esteem, which was assessed with the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and body perception, which was evaluated using the Body Cathexis Scale, were measured and compared between the two groups.
When the patients (n = 80) and the control group (n = 100) were compared, the Body Cathexis Scale, extroversion, and openness scores were statistically significant and were found to be higher in the breast augmentation group (p<0.05). In regression analysis, it was found that age, openness, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale score had statistically significant effects on extroversion.
We argue that there may be a presupposition, based on stigma, that women who undergo breast augmentation surgery are more neurotic than those who do not. Consequently, this may influence the outcomes of studies evaluating the personalities of these women. Our results indicate that women who had undergone breast augmentation had more positive personality traits than women in an un-operated control group.
隆胸手术是女性中最常见的美容手术之一。在本研究中，我们比较了接受隆胸手术的女性与未接受隆胸手术的女性对照组之间的人格特质、自尊和身体感知。我们假设接受过隆胸手术的女性与未接受过隆胸手术的女性在人格特质上会有所不同。
根据纳入和排除标准，本研究纳入了接受隆胸手术的患者以及年龄和教育程度相匹配的健康女性。在基本人格特质量表下，对隆胸组和对照组的人格特质进行比较。此外，使用罗森伯格自尊量表评估自尊，使用身体投入量表评估身体感知，并在两组之间进行测量和比较。
当对患者（n = 80）和对照组（n = 100）进行比较时，身体投入量表、外向性和开放性得分具有统计学意义，且在隆胸组中更高（p<0.05）。在回归分析中，发现年龄、开放性和罗森伯格自尊量表得分对外向性有统计学意义的影响。
我们认为，基于污名化可能存在一种预设，即接受隆胸手术的女性比未接受手术的女性更神经质。因此，这可能会影响评估这些女性人格的研究结果。我们的结果表明，接受隆胸手术的女性比未接受手术的对照组女性具有更积极的人格特质。
