Estetik Cerrahi Operasyonu Olan Bireylerin Temel Kişilik Özelliklerinin ve Sosyal Görünüş Kaygılarının İncelenmesi: Tanımlayıcı Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Objective: This study was performed with the aim of determining the basic personality traits and social appearance anxiety of individuals undergoing esthetic surgery. Material and Methods: The research examined descriptive and relational features and included individuals undergoing esthetic surgical operations from May-September 2021. Sample selection was not performed in the research and the sample included 267 individuals abiding by the inclusion criteria. Data were collected with a descriptive information form, social appearance anxiety scale, and basic personality traits scale. The fit of data to normal distribution was assessed with the Shapiro-Wilk analysis. As data abided by normal distribution, the independent samples t-test and Pearson correlation analyses were used. In order to carry out the study, ethics committee permission from Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University and consent from the individuals within the scope of the study were obtained. Results: Individuals who were woman, single, employed and having esthetic operations for a nose were determined to have higher social appearance anxiety (p<0.05). There were significant differences identified between gender, marital status and income level with basic personality trait scale points (p<0.05). There were positive high-level correlations between the emotional inconsistency and negative values subdimensions of the basic personality traits scale with social appearance anxiety level (r: 0.606, 0.642; p<0.05), while there were negative moderate-level correlations between extraversion, openness to experience and adjustment subdimensions with social appearance anxiety levels (r: -0.491, -0.473, - 0.557; p<0.05). Conclusion: Individuals undergoing aesthetic surgery had high social appearance anxiety, there was difference between the subdimensions of basic personality traits according to their sociodemographic characteristics, and there was a relationship between basic personality traits and social appearance anxiety.