Investigating the Relationship between Cultural Capital and the Tendency for Cosmetic Surgery

Background: Cultural capital is a special type of high society values ​​and norms. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between cultural capital and the tendency for plastic surgery in women living in self-governing hostels in Tehran in ۲۰۲۳. Methods: The current study was cross-sectional and correlational. The population of the current research included all the women living in self-governing hostels in Tehran in ۲۰۲۳. The sample of the current research was determined based on similar studies on ۳۲۵ people selected based on stratified sampling and available samples from the hostels of ۵ geographical regions of Tehran. The research tool consisted of ۲ questionnaires: Bourdieu's cultural questionnaire and Etamadi Far's cosmetic surgery tendency questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS-۱۵ Results: ۲۱۴ of the respondents had cosmetic surgery and ۱۱۱ did not. Between cultural capital and the tendency to perform cosmetic surgery in women living in self-governing hostels, r = -۰.۶۵۲ was obtained. The tendency of women living in self-governing hostels towards cosmetic surgery was calculated to be ۹۳.۱۴ ± ۱۱.۲, which was relatively high. The average cultural capital was ۴۴.۴۵ ± ۶.۴۵ (medium) in the surgical group and ۷۷.۱۵ ± ۱۱.۳۴ (high) in non-surgical group. Conclusion: It is necessary to promote cultural capital in intervention programs to adjust and correct the desire and pathological behavior of women towards cosmetic surgery. Corresponding Author: Mohammad Parsayi Moghaddam View Orcid in Profile You can search for this author in PubMed & Google Scholar Profile