Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to explore among young adults whether celebrity worship\udpredicted the incidence of elective cosmetic surgery within the period of 8 months after controlling for\udseveral known predictors of elective cosmetic surgery.\udMethods: A total of 137 young adults completed questionnaire measures of attitudes toward a celebrity\udwhose body image they admired, previous and vicarious experience of elective cosmetic surgery, attitudes\udtoward cosmetic surgery, and a range of psychological and demographic measures at time 1. Participants\udwere then asked to report whether they had undergone elective cosmetic surgery 8 months later.\udResults: After controlling for several known predictors of elective cosmetic surgery, intense-personal celebrity\udworship of a celebrity whose body shape was admired by the participant predicted the incidence of\udelective cosmetic surgery within an 8-month period.\udConclusions: The current findings suggest that the type of para-social relationship that young adults form\udwith celebrities, particularly with those whose body shape is admired, may need to be considered by those\udwhen speaking to, and educating, young people about their choices around elective cosmetic surgery.
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