Original scientific paper
The Influence of Aesthetic Surgery on the Profile of Emotion
Gordana Rubeša
Tamara Tic-Bačić
Helena Sveško-Visentin
Giordano Bačić
Abstract
In the clinical practise it has been observed that the person changes physically, too, after aesthetic surgery. The aim of
this work was to examine, by objective psychological measurements, what changes occur, and what personality features
change. Forty six subjects that had an aesthetic surgery were examined; they were tested before, and eighteen month after
the surgery by the Profile Index of Emotion (PIE). Before the re-testing the subjects were analyzed by »The Life Events
Scale« to exclude the possibility of the influence of new life events on the results of the re-test. The control group of 29 volunteers
was tested by the same psychological instruments. The control group never verbalized the wish for an aesthetic
surgery; they were never in psychiatric treatment, and the corresponded to the experimental group in the age, sex and education
level. Analysis of the data obtained from PIE test before and after the operation shows a statistical significant increase
of the adaptability segments and an improvement of capacity for taking and giving. Emotional conflict does not
disappear, but a new balance is established, satisfaction is higher, and the identity is more integrated.
Keywords
surgery, aesthetic; emotion, profile index
Hrčak ID:
72224
URI
Publication date:
25.9.2011.
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