Evaluating the Physical Attractiveness of Oneself and One’s Romantic Partner

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viren Swami ◽  
Stefan Stieger ◽  
Tanja Haubner ◽  
Martin Voracek ◽  
Adrian Furnham
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Romantic Partner ◽  
Personality Factor ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Relationship Length ◽  
Body Components

The present study sought to extend recent work by examining individual and relationship variables that predict the love-is-blind bias, that is, a tendency to perceive one’s romantic partner as more attractive than oneself. A sample of 113 men and 143 women completed a battery of tests that included various demographic, individual difference, and relationship-related measures. Results provided support for a love-is-blind bias, in that both women and men rated their romantic partners as significantly more attractive than themselves on overall attractiveness and the attractiveness of various body components. Results also showed that the Big Five personality factor of Extraversion, self-esteem, relationship satisfaction, and romantic love were positively correlated with the love-is-blind bias, whereas relationship length and playful love were negatively correlated with the bias. The results of this study are considered in relation to previous work on positive partner illusions.

scholarly journals Who Likes What Kind of News? The Relationship Between Characteristics of Media Consumers and News Interest

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402110030
Author(s):  
Kai Kaspar ◽  
Lisa Anna Marie Fuchs
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Information Filtering ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Uses And Gratification ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Explained Variance ◽  
The Relationship

Stimulated by the uses-and-gratification approach, this study examined the joint relation of several consumer characteristics to news interest. In total, 1,546 German-speaking participants rated their interest in 15 major news categories and several personal characteristics, including gender, age, the Big Five personality traits, self-esteem, as well as general positive and negative affect. Regression analyses examined the amount of interindividual variance in news interest that can be explained by this set of consumer characteristics. Overall, the amount of explained variance differed remarkably across news categories, ranging from 4% for entertainment-related news to 25% for news about technology. The most powerful explaining variables were participants’ gender, age, openness to experiences, and their amount of general positive affect. The results suggest that news interest should be defined and operationalized as a concept with multiple facets covering a huge range of content. Also, the results are important for media producers and journalists with respect to the conflict between increased need gratification of consumers and information filtering via personalized news content.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the International Personality Item Pool Big-Five personality questionnaire for the Greek population

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Ypofanti ◽  
Vasiliki Zisi ◽  
Nikolaos Zourbanos ◽  
Barbara Mouchtouri ◽  
Pothiti Tzanne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Personality Factor ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Item Pool ◽  
Total N ◽  
Personality Item ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Highly Correlated

Goldberg’s International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) big-five personality factor markers currently lack validating evidence. The structure of the 50-item IPIP was examined in two different adult samples (total N=811), in each case justifying a 5-factor solution, with only minor discrepancies. Age differences were comparable to previous findings using other inventories. One sample (N=193) also completed additionally another personality measure (the TIPI Short Form). Conscientiousness, extraversion and emotional stability/ neuroticism scales of the IPIP were highly correlated with those of the TIPI (r=0.62 to 0.65, P=0.01). Agreeableness and Intellect/Openness scales correlated less strongly (r=0.54 and 0.58 respectively, P=0.01). The IPIP scales have good internal consistency (a=0.88) and relate strongly to major dimensions of personality assessed by the two questionnaires.

Making Sure You See the Real Me: The Role of Self-Esteem in Spontaneous Self-Expansion

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica B. Slotter ◽  
Lyuboslava Kolarova
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Romantic Partner ◽  
The Real ◽  
Negative Attributes

People alter their self-concepts by incorporating attributes of close others, such as desired romantic partners, into their own identity. The current research examined self-esteem as a moderator of this spontaneous self-expansion. Two studies tested the hypothesis that when presented with a prospective romantic partner, higher self-esteem people (HSE) would self-expand to adopt positive attributes, while lower self-esteem people (LSE) would self-expand to adopt negative attributes. This tendency corresponds with people’s desire to self-verify and be seen by others in line with their own self-views, which are often negative among those lower in self-esteem. Study 1 ( n = 218) and Study 2 ( n = 234) confirmed our predictions that when motivated to increase romantic closeness to a prospective partner, self-esteem differentially predicts people’s spontaneous self-expansion to adopt positive versus negative attributes.

Adolescent Romantic Relationship–Oriented Facebook Behaviors: Implications for Self-Esteem

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Langlais ◽  
Gwendolyn Seidman ◽  
Kyla M. Bruxvoort
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Relationship Development ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Public Displays

Despite the consistent, high use of Facebook among adolescents, few studies have examined how adolescents use Facebook when forming and maintaining romantic relationships. Based on the Internet-enhanced self-disclosure hypothesis, romantic relationship–oriented Facebook behaviors are likely to relate to adolescent self-esteem. The goal of this study is to examine romantic relationship–oriented Facebook behaviors (private exchanges, monitoring, public displays, and oversharing information) between adolescents and their romantic partners or crushes, and then test how these behaviors relate to self-esteem. Data come from an online survey of adolescents from the Midwestern United States who are current Facebook users. Results demonstrated that the most common romantic relationship–oriented Facebook behavior was monitoring. Regression analyses revealed that monitoring predicted lower adolescent self-esteem. Relationship satisfaction moderated the association between self-esteem and both private exchanges and oversharing information. Implications for adolescent romantic relationship development are discussed.

The Causes and Consequences of Women’s Competitive Beautification

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle J. DelPriore ◽  
Marjorie L. Prokosch ◽  
Sarah E. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Psychological Responses ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Competitive Success

Much empirical evidence suggests that “what is beautiful is good,” particularly for women. Whether in the courtroom or the classroom, attractive females enjoy a variety of benefits not available to their less attractive peers. It is therefore often in a woman’s best interest to engage in efforts to enhance her appearance. Women utilize a number of strategies to increase their physical attractiveness (e.g., wearing cosmetics, dieting), particularly when competing for romantic partners. Due to the competitive advantage it provides, however, a woman’s beauty can also evoke aversive psychological responses from same-sex competitors. These negative responses—such as decreased self-esteem and increased envy—can have costly consequences for the attractive women who elicit them. In this chapter, we review research suggesting that women strategically enhance their beauty in order to facilitate competitive success. We also address several important questions about the causes and consequences of women’s competitive beautification.

Personality Traits And Social Competence Of The Offenders Against Children

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-104
Author(s):  
Zdzisław Majchrzyk ◽  
Karolina Grzywińska-Aleksandrowicz
Keyword(s):  
Social Competence ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Child Molesters ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
General Level ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Sexual Offences ◽  
Neo Five Factor Inventory

The aim of the present study aims to find out whether preferential child molesters differ from situational child molesters in terms of the level of the Big Five personality traits, self-esteem and social competence, as well as relations between them. The group of preferential molesters consisted of 55 men convicted of sexual offences against children and diagnosed with pedophilia. The group of situational molesters consisted of 50 convicts without such a diagnosis. NEO-Five-Factor Inventory, Multidimensional Self-Esteem Inventory (MSEI) and Social Competence Questionnaire (KKS) were used in the study. Significant differences between the groups were found in the dimension of agreeableness, selfassessment in terms of likability and moral selfacceptance, the general level of social competence and the competence that determines effective behaviour in intimate situations. The preferential offenders scored lower on all scales. Extraversion turned out to be the best predictor of social competence in both groups. In conclusion it turned out that except for several traits, preferential offenders do not differ significantly from one another. Such knowledge can be used in dealing with the perpetrators - both with regard to criminal offences, as well as therapeutic interactions.

Perceived Investment Performance of Individual Investors is Related to the Big-Five and the General Factor of Personality (GPF)

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 342-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Akhtar ◽  
K. S. Thyagaraj ◽  
Niladri Das
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Personality Factor ◽  
Individual Investors ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Investment Performance ◽  
Five Dimensions

The present study tries to examine whether (i) Big-Five personality traits and (ii) general personality factor (Big-One), that is, the higher order factor for Big-Five are related to the factors measuring perceived investment performance. Cross-sectional data were collected from individual investors ( N = 396), through stratified and quota sampling approach. Data were analysed using correlation, regression, hierarchical regression and structural equation modelling (SEM) to evaluate the strength of relationship between the constructs. The results of the study indicated that Big-Five dimensions of personality, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, are associated with perceived investment performance. Moreover, the correlation and regression analysis depicted that Big-One is also a major antecedent for perceived satisfaction and tends to contribute largely (3.8 per cent) to the variance in perceived investment performance.

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