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THE IMPACT OF PREADOLESCENTS' PHYSICAL BEAUTY ON OTHERS AND THE SELF
Mira Čudina-Obradović
; Filozofski fakultet, Zagreb
Sažetak
Using 2x2x2x2 ANCOVA on a sample of 574 school children
(grades 5th to 8th) a series of hypotheses was investigated
concerning the impact of "subjective" and "objective" physical attractiveness
upon a number of objective outcomes (GPA, teachers'
and peers' giftedness nominations and a measure of social
preference) and self-perception. The main aim was to test the acceptability
of the "self-fulfilling prophecy" explanation of the impact
of "beauty" ratings on objective outcomes. As it was hypothesized,
the self-fulfilling prophecy is rejected as a general explanation,
if the congruence of objective (PAT) and subjective ratings
(SPAT) of someone's physical attractiveness is taken as an intervening
variable. The relationship between PAT and self-worth was
established only for some children, i. e. for those being neither defensively
immodest nor too modest in their self-perceptions of
beauty. It is most probable that other mechanisms and not the
self-fulfilling prophecy are responsible for the impact of someone's
beauty on his/her success. With intelligence being controlled,
better grades and higher peers' and teacher's giftedness
nominations are given to the children being considered more
beautiful regardless of their sex and preadolescent or adolescent
status, and regardless of their feelings about themselves.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
31607
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Datum izdavanja:
30.6.1997.
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