What factors encourage the acceptance of cosmetic surgery? Differences in sociopsychological influences contingent upon cosmetic surgery experience

Fashion and Textiles

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Table 6 Results of multi-group structural equation modeling

Structural path		Cosmetic surgery group (n = 268)					No cosmetic surgery group (n = 383)
Structural path		Std estimate	SE	CR	p	Test result	Std estimate	SE	CR	p	Test result
H1	Upward appearance comparison → Acceptance of cosmetic surgery	.290	.084	2.939	.003	Supported	.088	.087	1.009	.313	Rejected
H2	Awareness of an emphasis on beauty ideals → Acceptance of cosmetic surgery	.308	.087	3.913	.000	Supported	− .014	.086	− .230	.818	Rejected
H3	Internalization of beauty ideals → Acceptance of cosmetic surgery	− .089	.084	− .916	.360	Rejected	.205	.071	2.792	.005	Supported
H4	Body surveillance → Acceptance of cosmetic surgery	.228	.085	2.429	.015	Supported	.252	.098	2.991	.003	Supported

X² = 1155.052, df = 618, X²/df = 1.869, p < 0.000, RMR = 0.049, GFI = 0.902, NFI = 0.919, IFI = 0.950, TLI = 0.943, RFI = 0.915, CFI = 0.950, RMSEA = 0.037