Social Reactions to Attempted Suicide: The Effects of Gender and Physical Attractiveness

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deanna L. Vanwinkle ◽  
Lawrence G. Calhoun ◽  
Arnie Cann ◽  
Richard Tedeschi
Keyword(s):  
Case History ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Suicide Attempter ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Attractive Female ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
Univariate Analyses ◽  
Attractive Male

The effects of gender of subject, gender of suicide attempter, and physical attractiveness of attempter on justification, emotional adjustment, and liking were investigated in this study. One hundred forty-eight male and female undergraduates (average age = 21.93 years) read a brief case history describing an individual who attempted suicide one week ago. Two-thirds of the subjects also received a photograPh. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of six groups: attractive female attempter, unattractive female attempter, no photograph female attempter, attractive male attempter, unattractive male attempter, and no photograph male attempter. Ratings of justification, emotional adjustment, and liking were measured using 7-point Likert-type questions. The MANOVA revealed significant main effects of gender of subject and physical attractiveness. Univariate analyses of these effects showed that females rated attempters significantly more justified than males and that attractive attempters were liked significantly more than unattractive and no photograph attempters.

Physical Attractiveness and Judgments of Morality following an “Immoral” Act

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Hocking ◽  
Barbara A. Walker ◽  
Edward L. Fink
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Attractive Female ◽  
Premarital Sexual

98 male and female undergraduates judged the morality of a female who was described as having premarital sexual intercourse with a male she had never met before or with whom she had been dating for six months. Half were told that the female was extremely attractive and half were told that she was quite unattractive. As predicted, subjects evaluated the attractive female as being less moral than the unattractive one and this finding was most pronounced when she had not known her partner previously.

A gender-focused review of the effect of message source attractiveness on persuasion: Implications for marketers and advertisers

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanthika Pornpitakpan ◽  
Qiuling Li ◽  
Siu Fong Isabel Fu
Keyword(s):  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Behavioral Measures ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Message Source ◽  
Poor Predictor ◽  
People’S Attitudes ◽  
Attractive Female

AbstractThis study reviews research regarding the effects of source physical attractiveness on persuasion with focus on the interplay with source gender and receiver gender. Most evidence indicates that attractive female sources tend to be more persuasive than unattractive ones in attitudinal and behavioral measures. The results for male sources are equivocal, with few studies reporting the liability of male source attractiveness. Recipients’ sex is a poor predictor of source attractiveness impact for both male and female sources. The study’s contribution synthesizes decades of research on source attractiveness to suggest future research ideas for academics in marketing, psychology, and communications and to give recommendations for marketers, advertisers, and other practitioners aiming to influence people’s attitudes.

scholarly journals DIFFERENCE IN CRANIOFACIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN ATTRACTIVE MALE AND FEMALE FACES

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 859-863
Author(s):  
Sofija Carceva Shalja ◽  
Sandra Atanasova ◽  
Mihajlo Petrovski
Keyword(s):  
Facial Attractiveness ◽  
Craniofacial Morphology ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Facial Aesthetics ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Attractive Female ◽  
Flat Profile ◽  
Attractive Male ◽  
Lateral Head

Beauty, or more precisely, the art that is hidden in the creation of human face has always attracted great interest and has been a research point in many areas. Contemporary orthodontic is science which is trying to stady human face throught mesurable and objective parameters. Since ancient cultures and societies, huge attention has been focused on facial aesthetics and phisical atractivness. Today, phisical atractivness in both male and female continues to be much more highlited and the interest for facial aesthetics is growing.The aim of this study is to determine the influence of the gender on skeleton-facial characteristics(Sagittal jaw relationship, vertical jaw relationship and profile convexity) between attractive male and female faces. The study was performed on 54 attractive individuals (18 males and 36 females) ranging in age between 14-25 years. Facial attractiveness was assessed by using an-face photographs examined by a panel of 50 students. For ranking facial attractiveness VAS-Visual Analog Scale was used. Craniofacial morphology was determined by using lateral head film. Cephalometric analyses included measuring of sagittal jaw relationship, vertical jaw relationship and profile convexity. The data obtained from cephalometric analyses were compared between the two groups. Results in this study reveals that when comparing attractive males with attractive females, the attractive Macedonian males had larger SNB angle(p<0.001) and SNPg (p<0.05), or more precisely anterior positioned mandible with prominence of the chin. There was statistically significant difference for the angle ANB(P<0.001) i Wits(p<0.01) confirming the presence of biger profile convexity (NSPg p<0.001 i NsSnPgs p<0.001) in attractive female individuals that shows the existance of the sex dimorphism. Based on our findings we can concluded that more flat profiles are preferred today, actually perception of an ideal male profile in modern times is flat profile with smaller dominance of the nose and more convex profiles in attractive female faces

The Effect of Physical Attractiveness on Responses to Pop Music Performers and Their Music

1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian C. North ◽  
David J. Hargreaves
Keyword(s):  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
New Age ◽  
Pop Music ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Aesthetic Responses ◽  
Main Effects

Previous research has shown that manipulations of source prestige can mediate subjects' responses to music, and that attractive people are perceived more positively than their unattractive counterparts. In light of this, the present study investigated the effects of the physical attractiveness of twenty pop music performers on adolescent subjects' responses to them, and excerpts of new age/ambient dance music allegedly by these artists. A series of adjectival scales gave rise to multivariate main effects of physical attractiveness on ratings of both the performers and their alleged music, with univariate main effects on the scales indicating that performer physical attractiveness was perceived positively by the subjects. There was also evidence that responses to the music were associated positively with responses to the performers. These results indicate that the performer of music can influence aesthetic responses, and that his/her physical attractiveness may mediate the nature of this relationship.

scholarly journals Adjustment among Adolescents of Guwahati City in Relation to Gender and Religion

2019 ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Tahera Hoque Mozumdar ◽  
Indranee Phookan Borooah
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
State Government ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Income Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Guwahati City

<p>Adjustment of adolescents in relation to their gender and religion was investigated. Gender (Male and Female) and religion (Hindu and Muslim) were treated as independent variables whereas adjustment was treated as a dependent variable. The sample comprised of 282 high school students (from class IX and X) of state Government schools of Guwahati city that belonged to lower middle-income group. The multi-stage sampling method was used for selecting the sample. Upadhyay-Saxena Socio-Economic Status (USSES) Scale, Adjustment Inventory for School Students (AISS) and Personal Information Data sheet were administered to all the participants. Mean, Standard Deviation and ANOVA were calculated to analyze the responses. The findings of the study revealed that females are better adjusted in the areas of emotional adjustment, educational adjustment and also in terms of total adjustment in comparison to males, which implies gender has a significant effect in the area of emotional adjustment, educational adjustment and also in the total adjustment of the adolescents. But no significant difference was found in the area of social adjustment between male and female adolescents. Further, it was found that religion has no significant effect on the adjustment among adolescents, which means that there is no significant difference in the adjustment of Hindu and Muslim adolescents of Guwahati city. </p>

scholarly journals Attempted Suicide Pact by Married couple: A Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
A. Risal
Keyword(s):  
Case History ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Married Couple ◽  
Psychiatric Case ◽  
Double Suicide ◽  
History Of

Suicide pact or a double suicide refers to the joint, actively induced death of two individuals at approximately the same time by mutual consent. News regarding these incidents is often found in media though scarcely published in medical literature. We report a psychiatric case history of a couple who attempted a suicide pact.  

The Princess and the Nice Frog: Study in Person Perception

1973 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 863-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hartnett ◽  
Donna Elder
Keyword(s):  
Person Perception ◽  
Stimulus Person ◽  
Attractive Female ◽  
Favorable Light ◽  
Attractive Male

The present study investigated how individuals are perceived as a function of their association with others. An unattractive male was perceived in a more favorable light when he was paired with an attractive female than with an unattractive female. An attractive female was liked more when she was associated with an unattractive male than when she was paired with an attractive male. Results are interpreted in terms of the sex of the stimulus person and the sex of the perceiver.

Social-Psychological Environments and Cognitive Achievement

1989 ◽  
Vol 69 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1075-1082
Author(s):  
Bikkar S. Randhawa ◽  
Dennis Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
School Organization ◽  
Instructional Effectiveness ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Cognitive Achievement ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
Univariate Analyses

Differences in social-psychological environments between parochial and public schools, and between mathematics and English courses, were investigated for 317 boys and girls in Grade 10. Multivariate and univariate analyses of variance produced significant main effects and an interaction of school × subject. Differential validities of environmental variables in predicting achievement using multiple regression suggested that perception of the learning environment for course content substantially predicted achievement in that course content. Incremental validity of the learning environment with achievement when IQ was partialled out was also substantial. Implications for instructional effectiveness and school organization are discussed.

Effect of Crowding and Litter Size on Retention and Reversal Learning by Rats

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 935-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Robinson Girden
Keyword(s):  
Litter Size ◽  
Reversal Learning ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Learning To Learn ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Position Response ◽  
Male And Female Rats ◽  
Main Effects

A total of 211 male and female rats from litters of 4, 7, or 11 were placed 1, 2, 3, or 4/cage until they were about 84 days old. At this time they were trained to make a position response while, food-deprived and 24 hr. later were tested for retention followed by reversal learning. No significant main effects were found for any stage of training. A positive correlation between trials to criterion and retention suggests that retention may have been facilitated by learning to learn or transfer.

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