Risk Factors for Facial Appearance Dissatisfaction Among Orthognathic Patients: Comparing Patients to a Non-Surgical Sample

Frontiers in Psychology

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Pan Shi¹  Yufei Huang¹  Hui Kou¹  Tao Wang³  Hong Chen¹ 

[1] Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University;School of Management, Zunyi Medical University;Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University;Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences;Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of Higher Education;Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Southwest University, Ministry of Education

关键词: facial appearance dissatisfaction;    orthognathic patients;    media pressure;    interpersonal pressure;    fear of negative appearance evaluation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02775

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This study conducted a cross-sectional investigation of facial appearance dissatisfaction between patients before undergoing orthognathic surgery and a non-surgical sample to evaluate the potential influencing factors of facial appearance dissatisfaction. A sample of 354 participants completed a set of questionnaires concerning facial appearance dissatisfaction, interpersonal pressure, media pressure, and fear of negative appearance evaluation (112 patients, 242 controls). The patients reported higher facial appearance dissatisfaction, more media pressure, more interpersonal pressure, and a greater fear of negative appearance evaluation among others than the control group. Moreover, regression analyses identified interpersonal pressure and fear of negative appearance evaluation as the main predictors of facial appearance dissatisfaction whether in the orthognathic patients or the control groups. The associations between the perceptions of interpersonal pressure, fear of negative appearance evaluation, and facial appearance dissatisfaction support the possible utility of strengthening social experiences and psychological intervention in preventing and treating these appearance-concerns, especially for the orthognathic patients.

【 授权许可】

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