Smile intensity in photographs predicts divorce later in life

Hertenstein, Matthew J.; Hansel, Carrie A.; Butts, Alissa M.; Hile, Sarah

doi:10.1007/s11031-009-9124-6

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“…For example, researchers have found that optimistic people have a lower incidence of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality (Giltay, Geleijnse, Zitman, Hoekstra, & Schouten, 2004), that people smiling in childhood photographs have fewer divorces and greater marriage satisfaction (Hertenstein, Hansel, Butts, & Hile, 2009), and that happy teenagers go on to earn a substantially greater income than less happy teenagers (Diener, Nickerson, Lucas, & Sandvik, 2002). These are just a few research examples from the growing field that is beginning to uncover the psychological processes that govern positive individual functioning.…”

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Be Happy in your Work: The Role of Positive Psychology in Working with Change and Performance

Allen

McCarthy

2015

Journal of Change Management

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Be Happy in your Work: The Role of Positive Psychology in Working with Change and Performance

Allen

McCarthy

2015

Journal of Change Management

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“…Other studies have used more objective coding systems such as the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) to examine links between the emotional expressions of individuals in their photos and real world outcomes including marriage, divorce, and longevity (e.g., Abel & Kruger, 2010; Harker & Keltner, 2001; Hertenstein et al, 2009)). The authors of these studies suggest that the emotional expressions that people show in their photos reflect their individual traits.…”

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Leaders’ smiles reflect cultural differences in ideal affect.

Tsai¹,

Ang²,

Blevins³

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Cultures differ in the emotions they teach their members to value (“ideal affect”). We conducted three studies to examine whether leaders’ smiles reflect these cultural differences in ideal affect. In Study 1, we compared the smiles of top ranked American and Chinese government leaders, chief-executive-officers (CEOs), and university presidents in their official photos. Consistent with findings that Americans value excitement and other high arousal positive states more than Chinese, American top ranked leaders (N = 98) showed more excited smiles than Chinese top ranked leaders (N = 91) across occupations. In Study 2, we compared the smiles of winning vs. losing political candidates and higher vs. lower ranking CEOs and university presidents in the US and Taiwan/China. American leaders (N = 223) showed more excited smiles than Taiwanese/Chinese leaders (N =266), regardless of election outcome or ranking. In Study 3, we administered self-report measures of ideal affect in college student samples from 10 different nations (N = 1,267) and then eight years later, coded the smiles that legislators from those nations showed in their official photos (N = 3,372). The more nations valued excitement and other high arousal positive states, the more their leaders showed excited smiles; similarly, the more nations valued calm and other low arousal positive states, the more their leaders showed calm smiles. These results held after controlling for national differences in GDP per capita, democratization, and human development. Together, these findings suggest that leaders’ smiles reflect the affective states valued by their cultures.

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“…These effects all held when controlling for the physical attractiveness of the targets (but see Freese, Meland, & Irwin, 2007). Similarly, individuals' smile intensity in both yearbook photographs and childhood photographs has been found to predict whether they would be divorced later in life (Hertenstein, Hansel, Butts, & Hile, 2009).…”

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Thin-Slice Judgments in the Clinical Context

Slepian

Bogart

Ambady

2014

Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol.

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Clinicians make a variety of assessments about their clients, from judging personality traits to making diagnoses, and a variety of methods are available to do so, ranging from observations to structured interviews. A large body of work demonstrates that from a brief glimpse of another's nonverbal behavior, a variety of traits and inner states can be accurately perceived. Additionally, from these “thin slices” of behavior, even future outcomes can be predicted with some accuracy. Certain clinical disorders such as Parkinson's disease and facial paralysis disrupt nonverbal behavior and may impair cli-nicians' ability to make accurate judgments. In certain contexts, personality disorders, anxiety, depression, and suicide attempts and outcomes can be detected from others' nonverbal behavior. Additionally, thin slices can predict psychological adjustment to divorce, bereavement, sexual abuse, and well-being throughout life. Thus, for certain traits and disorders, judgments from a thin slice could provide a complementary tool for the clinician's toolbox.

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Smile intensity in photographs predicts divorce later in life

Cited by 67 publications

References 24 publications

Be Happy in your Work: The Role of Positive Psychology in Working with Change and Performance

Be Happy in your Work: The Role of Positive Psychology in Working with Change and Performance

Leaders’ smiles reflect cultural differences in ideal affect.

Thin-Slice Judgments in the Clinical Context

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