LIPOSUCTION, BRAZILIAN BUTTLIFT, TRENDS IN BODY AUGMENTATION AND IMPLICATIONS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORS OF FEMALE UNDERGRADUATES IN LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This study investigated liposuction, Brazilian buttlift, Trends in body augmentation and implications on the mental health and behaviors of undergraduates in Lagos state university. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated for this study. The descriptive survey research design was adopted in the study. The population of the study consisted of all female undergraduate in Lagos State University, Ojo. Two (200) female undergraduates in Lagos State University, Ojo, were selected randomly using multistage sampling technique. 40 female undergraduates were selected from each faculty in Lagos State University. The faculties that were selected for the study are: Faculty of Education, Faculty of science, Faculty of social science, School of Transport, school of communication and media studies, Therefore, a total of 200 respondents were used for the study. The research instrument for this study was a self-developed questionnaire titled: Body Augmentation on Mental Health Questionnaire (BAMHQ). The questionnaire was carefully designed to accommodate the major variables in the study. The Questionnaire adopted a four (4) point Likert modified scale ranging from Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D) and strongly Disagree (SD). The data was collated and analyzed using description statistics of frequency count and percentage for demographic data while inferential statistic of Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the stated hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that, a significant relationship exist between physiological effects of undergoing liposuction and Brazilian butt lift on the mental health and behavior of female undergraduates of Lagos state university, that a significant relationship existed between potential consequences of undergoing body augmentation procedures and the mental health and behaviors of female undergraduates in Lagos state university. The study recommends that Lagos state university should consider integrating body image and mental health topics into the curriculum, especially in health and psychology courses which will help students develop critical understanding of body image issues and promote self-acceptance.