Department of Student Affairs, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
School of Nursing, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
BMC Psychol. 2022 Nov 10;10(1):259. doi: 10.1186/s40359-022-00975-6.
Several studies have examined the relationship between celebrity worship and cosmetic surgery; however, few have discussed the mediating role of self-concept. To fill this research gap, the present study aims to examine the mediating roles of self-concept clarity and self-objectification in the association between celebrity worship and cosmetic surgery.
A sample of 1,089 Chinese undergraduates (M = 20.32; SD = 2.60) completed measures of celebrity worship, actively considering cosmetic surgery, self-concept clarity, and self-objectification. Mediating effect analysis was used to test the hypothesis.
The results showed that celebrity worship, cosmetic surgery consideration, and self-objectification were positively correlated, whereas self-concept clarity was negatively correlated with all three variables. Mediation analysis revealed that celebrity worship predicted consideration of cosmetic surgery not only directly but also through three indirect paths through the mediating role of (1) self-concept clarity, (2) self-objectification, and (3) the chain mediating role of self-concept clarity and self-objectification.
These findings broaden our understanding of the psychological processes that underlie the association between celebrity worship and considering cosmetic surgery and afford practical guidance on reducing the risks associated with cosmetic surgery.
已有多项研究探讨了名人崇拜与整容手术之间的关系，但鲜有研究讨论自我概念的中介作用。为了填补这一研究空白，本研究旨在探讨自我概念清晰度和自我客体化在名人崇拜与整容手术之间的关联中的中介作用。
本研究共纳入 1089 名中国大学生（M=20.32，SD=2.60），完成了名人崇拜、积极考虑整容手术、自我概念清晰度和自我客体化的测量。采用中介效应分析来检验假设。
结果表明，名人崇拜、整容手术考虑以及自我客体化呈正相关，而自我概念清晰度与这三个变量均呈负相关。中介效应分析显示，名人崇拜不仅直接预测了对整容手术的考虑，而且还通过自我概念清晰度、自我客体化以及自我概念清晰度和自我客体化的链式中介作用的三个间接路径来预测。
这些发现拓宽了我们对名人崇拜与考虑整容手术之间关联的心理过程的理解，并为降低与整容手术相关的风险提供了实际指导。
