SOCI 2150Y Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Plastic Surgery, Fashion Blog, Operational Definition
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Specific topic: to examine late adolescents" attitudes of cosmetic surgery focusing on gender and age and to examine the relationships between adolescents" attitudes of cosmetic surgery, body appreciation, body ideal internalization, and fashion blog reading. General topic: gender impacts on body image and interest in cosmetic surgery ??? it is important to learn more about factors potentially related to adolescents" cosmetic surgery attitudes. What is novel about the study aims, in relation to reviewed literature? (intended contribution of this study usually stated as the rationale for the current study) One may further argue that it is important to learn more about girls and boys attitudes towards these matters in a cultural context. Neither the role of body satisfaction, nor body ideal internalization, for cosmetic surgery attitudes has been tested in adolescents. What is the unit of analysis in the study. Acceptance of cosmetic surgery, body appreciation, body ideal internalization, and fashion blog reading.