Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to investigate the relationships among media exposure, attitudes, self-esteem and behavioral intention to do facial cosmetic surgery of female teenagers. 400 female teenagers, aged 18-20 were convenient sampling. The questionnaire was a research tool. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, Pearsons Correlations, were used to analyze the data. The results show that the numbers of the female teenagers media type exposure related doing facial cosmetic surgery were not related to their attitude toward the media. However, the frequencies of their media exposure related doing facial cosmetic surgery were positively related to their attitude toward the media at the significant level 0.001. Their attitude toward the media related doing facial cosmetic surgery was positively related to their attitude toward doing facial cosmetic surgery at the significant level 0.01, not including their self-esteem. Their attitude toward doing facial cosmetic surgery was positively related to their behavioral intention to do facial cosmetic surgery at the significant level 0.001.