Neuroticism Level and Life Satisfaction in Women Undergoing Breast Augmentation Surgery (a Preliminary Report).
Breast
Neuroticism
Plastic surgery
Quality of life
Journal
Aesthetic plastic surgery
ISSN: 1432-5241
Titre abrégé: Aesthetic Plast Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7701756
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2019
04 2019
Historique:
received:
31
10
2018
accepted:
02
01
2019
pubmed:
7
2
2019
medline:
29
5
2020
entrez:
7
2
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aim of the present study was to verify the relationship between the level of neuroticism and selected aspects of life satisfaction in women undergoing breast augmentation surgery. The study group included 109 women, aged 18-46 years, who completed the self-developed survey measuring selected psychological traits before and after (1 year) surgery. Four questions in this survey were related to the level of neuroticism and two pertained to the self-assessment of leading character traits and the level of life satisfaction. Three questions made up the lie scale. The studied women were constant in their truthfulness. No statistically significant difference in the level of neuroticism before and after surgery was noticed. However, an increase in the subjective life satisfaction after surgery was highly significant (p < 0.001). Statistically significant negative correlations of neuroticism level with the self-assessment of positive character traits (r Breast augmentation surgery did not affect neuroticism level, which proves that constitutional personality traits in women undergoing such operations are not significantly influenced by a surgical intervention. However, neuroticism may play the role of a modulator of the psychological changes in women after breast augmentation (e.g., an increased postsurgical life satisfaction). The preliminary results obtained in our study should be confirmed on a larger sample size in the future. This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
The aim of the present study was to verify the relationship between the level of neuroticism and selected aspects of life satisfaction in women undergoing breast augmentation surgery.
METHODS
The study group included 109 women, aged 18-46 years, who completed the self-developed survey measuring selected psychological traits before and after (1 year) surgery. Four questions in this survey were related to the level of neuroticism and two pertained to the self-assessment of leading character traits and the level of life satisfaction. Three questions made up the lie scale.
RESULTS
The studied women were constant in their truthfulness. No statistically significant difference in the level of neuroticism before and after surgery was noticed. However, an increase in the subjective life satisfaction after surgery was highly significant (p < 0.001). Statistically significant negative correlations of neuroticism level with the self-assessment of positive character traits (r
CONCLUSIONS
Breast augmentation surgery did not affect neuroticism level, which proves that constitutional personality traits in women undergoing such operations are not significantly influenced by a surgical intervention. However, neuroticism may play the role of a modulator of the psychological changes in women after breast augmentation (e.g., an increased postsurgical life satisfaction). The preliminary results obtained in our study should be confirmed on a larger sample size in the future.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE IV
This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
Identifiants
pubmed: 30725194
doi: 10.1007/s00266-019-01308-6
pii: 10.1007/s00266-019-01308-6
pmc: PMC6420459
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
521-530Références
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2004 Nov;39(11):906-12
pubmed: 15549243
J Hum Genet. 2017 Oct;62(10):903-909
pubmed: 28615674
Science. 1961 May 19;133(3464):1590
pubmed: 17781122
Arch Plast Surg. 2015 Mar;42(2):131-42
pubmed: 25798383
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2012 Oct;36(5):1090-5
pubmed: 22648598
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2013 May;131(5):1158-1166
pubmed: 23629096
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2018 Aug;42(4):1119-1125
pubmed: 29948095
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004 Jul;114(1):270-1
pubmed: 15220620
Am J Psychiatry. 2004 Apr;161(4):631-6
pubmed: 15056508
CNS Spectr. 2014 Aug;19(4):282-92
pubmed: 24354998
Psychosom Med. 2011 Oct;73(8):638-42
pubmed: 21949427
Arch Plast Surg. 2015 Jan;42(1):46-51
pubmed: 25606489
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Apr;133(4):787-795
pubmed: 24675184
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1980 Apr;38(4):668-78
pubmed: 7381680
J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2014 Feb;23(2):221-6
pubmed: 24090979
Ann Plast Surg. 2003 Jan;50(1):6-12
pubmed: 12545102
Epidemiology. 2006 Mar;17(2):162-9
pubmed: 16477256
JAMA. 1997 May 28;277(20):1612-7
pubmed: 9168291
Aesthet Surg J. 2005 May-Jun;25(3):263-9
pubmed: 19338818
J Abnorm Psychol. 2013 Aug;122(3):611-23
pubmed: 24016004
Ann Plast Surg. 2000 Oct;45(4):349-56
pubmed: 11037154
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2004 Oct;61(10):990-6
pubmed: 15466672
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2003 May;84(5):1041-53
pubmed: 12757147
Ann Plast Surg. 2014;72(6):618-24
pubmed: 23486146
Psychiatry (Edgmont). 2007 Dec;4(12):65-8
pubmed: 20436768
J Psychosom Res. 1999 Sep;47(3):283-6
pubmed: 10576477
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Nov;118(6):1281-1287
pubmed: 17051096
Ann Plast Surg. 2009 Feb;62(2):118-21
pubmed: 19158517
Aesthet Surg J. 2013 Feb;33(2):245-51
pubmed: 23324359
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Jun;137(6):954e-960e
pubmed: 27219264
Perspect Psychol Sci. 2014 Sep;9(5):481-96
pubmed: 26186755
Plast Reconstr Surg. 1982 Mar;69(3):445-52
pubmed: 7063567
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003 Jul;112(1):83-90
pubmed: 12832880
J Psychosom Res. 1999 Sep;47(3):277-81
pubmed: 10576476
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2016 Feb;40(1):79-88
pubmed: 26684835
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2002 Sep;83(3):752-66
pubmed: 12219867
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2009 May;33(3):430-6; discussion 437-8
pubmed: 19437071
J Pers. 2017 Aug;85(4):481-493
pubmed: 27012583
Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2013 Feb;58(1):10-7
pubmed: 23122532
Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir. 2011 Apr;43(2):112-8
pubmed: 21132627
Scand J Public Health. 2010 Aug;38(6):574-9
pubmed: 20542959
Plast Surg Nurs. 2007 Jul-Sep;27(3):146-54
pubmed: 17901824
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Jul;130(1):218-223
pubmed: 22743886
Aesthet Surg J. 2013 Feb;33(2):252-7
pubmed: 23324358
Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2006;10(2):91-6
pubmed: 24940958
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Aug;124(2):345-353
pubmed: 19644246