Table 1.
Correlations and levels of significance for Hypothesis H1. A correction of the significance levels via Bonferroni correction in multiple testing (Bortz & Döring, 2006)1 leads to a border value of 0.008, therefore three of the correlations (b, c, d) are not marked as significant
| Item | Correlation coefficient | Significance |
|---|---|---|
| “I am satisfied with my physical appearance” and “I am interested in a cosmetic intervention” | -0.283 | 0.004* |
| “I am satisfied with my physical appearance” and “There is a zone on my body, for which I would undergo an operation” | -0.242 | 0.013 |
| “I find myself attractive” was correlated with the item “I am interested in a cosmetic intervention.” | -0.235 | 0.016 |
| “I find myself attractive” and “There is an area on my body, I’m interested in an operation.” | -0.221 | 0.024 |
| “I am dissatisfied with my outward appearance” and “I am interested in a cosmetic intervention” | 0.304 | 0.002* |
| “I am dissatisfied with my physical appearance” was correlated with: “There is an area on my body, I’m interested in an operation.” | 0.271 | 0.005* |