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100.00% 20 Questions seven, eight and nine are related to acceptability of having plastic surgery among closely-related individuals to the participant. Cosmetic surgery is something that may be acceptable for some and not others. Acceptability of plastic surgery practices is related to many outside influences and investigating how acceptable one sees plastic surgery for their peers, family and group members may indicate individual attitudes towards plastic surgery. Gauging acceptance of approval in obtaining plastic surgery among family, friends and other community members may reveal one’s own attitudes towards plastic surgery and may also indicate the perceptions regarding plastic surgery in one’s common environments. Questions ten, eleven and twelve were used to relate financial predicaments or expectations to one’s attitudes towards plastic surgery. Attitudes may be affected by one’s financial situation or whether respondents see plastic surgery as frivolous or unnecessary. These questions were drawn from the CSAQ (Sarwer et al. 2005) and the ACSS (Henderson-King and Henderson-King 2005) and were used because previous studies showed that financial considerations have little impact on women’s interest in cosmetic surgery (Sarwer et al. 2005). The relationship of finances and plastic surgery is of interest because money is required to have these procedures and accessibility may be predictive of one’s attitudes towards this practice. Level of medical risk of reconstructive and cosmetic surgical procedures was identified through questions fourteen and fifteen. These questions were created to see if individuals differentiate the level of medical risk associated with procedures done in the same field but for different reasons. Responses in this category also relate to possible fears that individuals have regarding hospitals, physicians and other medical practices 21 that could affect their attitudes towards plastic surgery. Cosmetic surgery is what is typically associated with plastic surgery, although reconstructive procedures were what initiated this field of medicine. Question four was also measured to determine if individuals view plastic surgery only as an enhancing practice. This mentality may be predictive of one’s attitudes towards plastic surgery. Question thirteen was used to determine what cosmetic procedures participants would consider getting. The responses from this question and questions twenty-nine, thirty and thirty-one which are from the ACSS (Henderson-King and Henderson-King 2005) and CASQ (Sarwer et al. 2005) are related to the seriousness with which participants have considered getting cosmetic surgery procedures. Communication of plans with others may reveal body dissatisfaction and indicate how societal appearance ideals put thoughts into action. Question twenty-eight identifies how often individuals speak to others about their plans of having cosmetic work done and relates to the how increased acceptability of plastic surgery has made it a normative practice and topic of conversation. Desirability in relation to attitudes towards plastic surgery was measured using questions twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-four. Partner acceptance and support is examined by asking individuals if they would modify themselves if their partner wanted them to get plastic surgery or thought it was a good idea and if they would support a partner who wanted to get plastic surgery. Responses in this category are related to the pressures that individuals face regarding physical attractiveness and the desire to please others. Accepting attitudes towards cosmetic surgery is measured in this set of questions by relating the likelihood to change oneself for love and altering personal attitudes for 22 love. Desires to be attractive and have success in relationships relate to large social pressures that may predict attitudes towards plastic surgery. Question thirty-two was used from the ACSS (Henderson-King and Henderson-King 2005) and assesses the transformative experience that may occur to individuals who pursue cosmetic surgery. The idea of cosmetic surgery being beneficial to a person’s selfimage, not necessarily one’s own self-image, examines the attitudes that one has towards others getting cosmetic surgery. Responses to this question reveal broader social attitudes towards plastic surgery and could be related to how extreme makeover or plastic surgery reality television programs present cosmetic surgery as a positive transformation. The final three questions of the interview assessed the age, gender, and race or ethnicity of each participant. Obtaining this information is important because comparison of attitudes towards plastic surgery between genders, age groups and racial or ethnic groups is indicative of how social pressures manifest differently for diverse individuals. VII. Methods of Analysis Information collected from interviews was originally recorded on paper. Quantitative data were entered into Qualitrics, a web-based survey tool that can be used for data collection, and qualitative responses from questions sixteen through twenty-one were entered into a Word document. Initial analysis of quantitative data was done by using the Results and Reports tabs on Qualtrics. These data were then exported in to Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software
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