title: Psychological Aspects of Cosmetic Surgery Among Females: A Media Literacy Training Intervention.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The present study examined the favorable attitude of a sample of female university students regarding elective cosmetic surgery, body dysmorphic disorder, self-esteem and body dissatisfaction following a media literacy training intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was a quasi-experimental type. The study sample included 140 female university students who were allocated to either the intervention (n=70) or the control group (n=70). Attitude toward cosmetic surgery, body dysmorphic disorder, self-esteem and, body satisfaction was measured in both groups before the intervention and 4 weeks later. Four media literacy training sessions were conducted over 4 weeks for the intervention group. The data was analyzed through analysis of covariance, student's paired-samples t test, and Pearson correlation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our findings showed that favorable attitude, body dysmorphic disorder and body dissatisfaction scores were significantly lower (p<0.05) in the intervention group than the control group. Furthermore, self-esteem score increased significantly in the intervention group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results underscores the importance of media literacy intervention in decreasing female's favorable attitude towards elective cosmetic surgery, body dysmorphic disorder and body dissatisfaction as well as increasing self-esteem.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Khazir
authors.forename: Tahereh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dehdari
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mahmoodim@tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mahmood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahmoodi Majdabad
authors.forename: Said
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pournaghash Tehrani
mesh_terms: D057215:Body Dysmorphic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D003357:Cosmetic Techniques / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D012649:Self Concept; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult