title: The Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale: initial examination of its factor structure and correlates among Brazilian adults.
abstract: The present study conducted a preliminary examination of the psychometric properties of a recently developed Portuguese translation of the Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale (ACSS; Henderson-King & Henderson-King, 2005). A total of 311 Brazilian adults completed the ACSS along with Portuguese translations of measures of actual-ideal body weight discrepancy, body appreciation, sociocultural attitudes toward appearance, and demographics. Results showed that the Portuguese ACSS reduced to a three-factor solution consisting of the Intrapersonal, Social, and Consider factors uncovered in the original work using the ACSS. Moreover, there were only small sex differences on these subscales. In addition, the Portuguese ACSS showed a good pattern of convergent validity. The availability of the Portuguese ACSS is expected to stimulate more in-depth, quantitative research on attitudes toward cosmetic surgery within the Brazilian context.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, London, UK. v.swami@wmin.ac.uk
authors.forename: Viren
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Swami
authors.forename: Angela Nogueira Neves Betanho
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Campana
authors.forename: Lucilene
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Seishin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: Amy Sunshine
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Maria da Consolação Gomes Cunha Fernandes
authors.initials: Mda C
authors.lastname: Tavares
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D001938:Brazil; D003469:Culture; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires