The Development and Validation of an Aesthetic Treatment Psychosocial Experiences Scale: The Mind Behind the Mirror

Aesthetic treatment procedures have got increased attention during current era, however, there is a significant gap in assessing the psychological aspect linked to these procedures. The current research found the manifestation and expression of treatment experiences of adults taking aesthetic procedures in Pakistan. The scale development was carried out in four phases. In phase I, in-depth interviews were conducted to elicit the key characteristics of treatment experiences from 20 adults. In the Phase II, the content validity index was established and in phase III, pilot testing was done on 20 participants to check the feasibility, layout and comprehension of the scale. In the main study, phase 300 adults (Men=45%, Women=55%) were given the Treatment experiences scale along with Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS) to determine the psychometric properties. The principal component factor analysis using varimax rotation generated three factors of treatment experiences namely need for appraise, fear of treatment failure and result oriented thinking. Furthermore, results depict the high internal consistency, split half reliability, test-retest reliability and construct validity. The reliability of the aesthetic treatment experiences scale was (r=. 86, p< .001) and validity was (r = .25 p < .001).