Factor Analysis and Psychometric Properties of the ChineseTranslation of the Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale

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This paper describes a Chinese translation and validation of the Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale (ACSS; Henderson-King & Henderson-King, 2005), a questionnaire for assessing attitudes towards cosmetic surgery. Chinese adults (335 women, 240 men; age= 33.65) completed the Chinese ACSS and – to investigate construct validity – measures of body appreciation, facial appearance concerns, sociocultural attitudes towards appearance (i.e., internalization of appearance ideals and appearance pressures), and demographics. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that the Chinese ACSS comprised two factors, which were invariant across sex, mirroring results among other non-Western samples. The Chinese ACSS also demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alphas > .90) and convergent validity via its positive associations with facial appearance concerns and overall sociocultural attitudes toward appearance. Chinese ACSS scores were higher among women, and were positively correlated with age among men. Chinese ACSS scores were not associated with body appreciation or other demographic factors. The ACSS seems to be a valid instrument for use in Chinese adults, and could bring more insight into attitudes toward cosmetic surgery from a cross-cultural perspective.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.34894/LG2XPI
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.03.009
Metadata Access https://dataverse.nl/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=doi:10.34894/LG2XPI
Provenance
Creator Wu, Yi ORCID logo; Alleva, Jessica M. ORCID logo; Mulkens, Sandra ORCID logo
Publisher DataverseNL
Contributor Wu, Yi; faculty data manager FPN
Publication Year 2020
Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
OpenAccess false
Contact Wu, Yi (Maastricht University); faculty data manager FPN (Maastricht University)
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Resource Type Survey data; Dataset
Format application/x-spss-sav
Size 834856
Version 1.0
Discipline Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture; Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture and Veterinary Medicine; Life Sciences; Social Sciences; Social and Behavioural Sciences; Soil Sciences