Physical Attractiveness and Child Development

Patzer, Gordon L.; Burke, Donald M.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-9829-5_9

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“…The current findings suggest that less attractive children are more likely victimized which in turn is associated with greater internalizing problems. That these negative peer experiences contributed to higher levels of internalizing disorders is consistent with the previously articulated hypothesis that appearance-based discrimination leads less attractive individuals to experience higher rates of maladjustment (Burns & Farina, 1992; Patzer & Burke, 1988) but is one of the first empirical tests of this theory.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Our methodology for obtaining attractiveness ratings was based on the most recent face processing research (Hoss, Ramsey, Griffin, & Langlois, 2005) and proved to be highly reliable. Although many researchers have hypothesized that attractiveness elicits differential treatment which in turn influences adjustment (e.g., Burns & Farina, 1992; Patzer & Burke, 1988), this is one of the first empirical tests of this proposition.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Although this hypothesis has been articulated by several researchers (e.g., Burns & Farina, 1992; Patzer & Burke, 1988), few empirical studies have examined this issue. The current investigation examines the link between attractiveness and adjustment in early adolescence.…”

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Peer Victimization as a Mediator of the Relation Between Facial Attractiveness and Internalizing Problems

Rosén¹,

Underwood²,

Beron³

2011

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

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This study examined the relations between facial attractiveness, peer victimization, and internalizing problems in early adolescence. We hypothesized that experiences of peer victimization would partially mediate the relationship between attractiveness and internalizing problems. Ratings of attractiveness were obtained from standardized photographs of participants (93 girls, 82 boys). Teachers provided information regarding peer victimization experiences in sixth grade, and seventh grade teachers assessed internalizing problems. Attractiveness was negatively correlated with victimization and internalizing problems. Experiences of peer victimization were positively correlated with internalizing problems. Structural equation modeling provided support for the hypothesized model of peer victimization partially mediating the relationship between attractiveness and internalizing problems. Implications for intervention programs and future research directions are discussed.

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Peer Victimization as a Mediator of the Relation Between Facial Attractiveness and Internalizing Problems

Rosén¹,

Underwood²,

Beron³

2011

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

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“…Hildebrandt and Fitzgerald (1979a), for example, concluded that a "cute" infant is likely to have "short and narrow features, large eyes and pupils, and a large forehead" (p. 329). Such variations in physical attractiveness affect the social perceptions of adult raters--infants and young children preselected as cute or attractive receive more favorable judgments regarding personality traits than do infants and children preselected as not cute or unattractive (for overviews of the normative physical attractiveness literature on infants and children, see Adams, 1981;Alley, 1993;Hildebrandt, 1982;Langlois, 1986;Langlois and Stephan, 1981;Patzer and Burke, 1988).…”

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Physical attractiveness of girls with gender identity disorder

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University students, masked to group status, judged the physical attractiveness of girls with gender identity disorder and clinical and normal control girls, whose photographs were taken at the time of assessment (mean age, 6.6 years). Each student made ratings for all girls for five traits: attractive, beautiful, cute, pretty, and ugly. A multivariate analysis of variance showed a significant group effect. Multiple comparisons of the significant univariate effects showed that the girls with gender identity disorder had significantly less attractive ratings than the normal control girls for the traits attractive, beautiful, and pretty who, in turn, had less attractive ratings than the clinical control girls. Girls with gender identity disorder and the normal controls also had less attractive ratings than the clinical controls for the trait cute. Correlational analyses showed that age was substantially negatively related to the attractiveness ratings in the group of girls with gender identity disorder, but was considerably less so in the two control groups. The extent to which the group differences in attractiveness were due to objective, structural differences in facial attractiveness vs. socially created, or subjective, processes is discussed.

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“…Researchers examining this bias have found that people who are judged to be physically attractive are also assumed to posses other desirable traits (Asch 1946). For example, research regarding the aforementioned ''teacher expectancies'' reveals that academic performance expectations are higher for attractive than for unattractive children (Dusek and Joseph 1983;Hildebrandt and Cannan 1985;Jackson and Fitzgerald 1988;Patzer and Burke 1988). Other research shows that people perceived to be attractive are also thought to be talented, kind, honest, and intelligent (Dion et al 1972;Eagly et al 1991;Langlois 1986).…”

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About Face: The Association Between Facial Appearance and Status Attainment Among Military Personnel

Hochschild

Borch

2011

Sociological Spectrum

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This research assesses the extent to which facial appearance is related to occupational status attainment. Through the use of Internet technology, a diverse random sample of research participants viewed Navy boot camp photographs and rated sailors across nine dimensions. Sailors who were rated highly attractive were also thought to be intelligent and to possess leadership qualities. And, consistent with social expectancy theory and status generalization theory, sailors who were rated high across these three traits advanced to higher ranks, and did so more rapidly, than those rated low on these traits. The findings of this study underscore the sociological significance of facial appearance as a means by which people are stratified within social structural contexts.

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Physical Attractiveness and Child Development

Cited by 9 publications

References 120 publications

Peer Victimization as a Mediator of the Relation Between Facial Attractiveness and Internalizing Problems

Peer Victimization as a Mediator of the Relation Between Facial Attractiveness and Internalizing Problems

Physical attractiveness of girls with gender identity disorder

About Face: The Association Between Facial Appearance and Status Attainment Among Military Personnel

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