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Abstract

This paper aims to understand female vanity and to investigate whether there is any impact of vanity with self-esteem and involvement with beauty and if it reflects in the consumption of aesthetic procedures. A set of 9 hypotheses is developed. The paper includes a discussion about beauty and its relevance for the contemporary society. A survey was conducted with 210 women that responded to a questionnaire containing two scales, vanity and beauty involvement, as well as questions about type and frequency of various aesthetic procedures. Discriminant validity of constructs was tested with a confirmatory factor analysis and analysis of the hypotheses used a structural equation modeling. The results highlight significant impact of vanity on aesthetic procedures. The higher the vanity, the greater the degree of body self-esteem, but there is a negative impact on self-esteem and surgical procedures.

Details

Title
A vaidade impulsiona o consumo de cosméticos e de procedimentos estéticos cirúrgicos nas mulheres? Uma investigação exploratória
Author
Strehlau, Vivian Iara; Claro, Danny Pimentel; Neto, Silvio Abrahão Laban
Pages
73-88
Publication year
2015
Publication date
Jan-Mar 2015
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
00802107
e-ISSN
19846142
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1672598489
Copyright
Copyright Universidade de São Paulo, FEA - Departamento de Administração Jan-Mar 2015