Table 1.

ACSS - descriptive statistics and mean comparisons across sexes

ACSS item	M	SD	Women		Men		Skewness	Kurtosis	t	Cohen d
			M	SD	M	SD
Item 1	4.16	2.02	4.43	1.93	3.88	2.11	−.34	−1.16	3.27**	.27
Item 2	4.38	1.83	4.63	1.72	4.13	1.93	−.55	−.79	3.33**	.27
Item 3	3.06	1.92	3.29	1.99	2.82	1.84	.40	−1.13	2.90	.25
Item 4	4.13	1.89	4.34	1.89	3.91	1.88	−.34	−1.03	2.74	.23
Item 5	4.51	1.79	4.70	1.76	4.32	1.81	−.54	−.60	2.55	.21
Item 6	3.59	2.16	3.75	2.24	3.43	2.07	.12	−1.43	1.78	.15
Item 7	3.54	2.18	3.83	2.27	3.25	2.09	.14	−1.45	3.19**	.27
Item 8	2.89	2.05	3.10	2.15	2.67	1.94	.57	−1.11	2.44	.21
Item 9	2.49	1.80	2.35	1.78	2.62	1.81	.94	−.35	−1.83	.15
Item 10	4.06	2.13	4.21	2.10	3.90	2.16	−.10	−1.31	1.72	.14
Item 11	2.76	1.84	2.87	1.87	2.64	1.80	.61	−.90	1.54	.13
Item 12	2.91	1.86	2.84	1.88	2.97	1.84	.50	−1.05	−.79	.07
Item 13	2.54	1.77	2.32	1.73	2.76	1.80	.91	−.33	−2.97	.25
Item 14	3.54	1.93	3.65	1.93	3.42	1.93	.03	−1.26	1.43	.12
Item 15	3.25	2.03	3.37	2.14	3.13	1.92	.29	−1.32	1.40	.12
Total ACSS	3.45	1.50	3.58	1.53	3.32	1.46	.11	−.94	2.04*	.17

ACSS Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale; n = 622; *p < .05; **p < .003 due to Bonferroni correction