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Mirams, LR, Poliakoff, E, Zandstra, EH, Hoeksma, M, Thomas, A and El-Deredy, W (2014) Feeling Bad and Looking Worse: Negative Affect Is Associated with Reduced Perceptions of Face-Healthiness. PLoS One, 9 (9). ISSN 1932-6203
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Abstract
Some people perceive themselves to look more, or less attractive than they are in reality. We investigated the role of emotions in enhancement and derogation effects; specifically, whether the propensity to experience positive and negative emotions affects how healthy we perceive our own face to look and how we judge ourselves against others. A psychophysical method was used to measure healthiness of self-image and social comparisons of healthiness. Participants who self-reported high positive (N = 20) or negative affectivity (N = 20) judged themselves against healthy (red-tinged) and unhealthy looking (green-tinged) versions of their own and stranger’s faces. An adaptive staircase procedure was used to measure perceptual thresholds. Participants high in positive affectivity were un-biased in their face health judgement. Participants high in negative affectivity on the other hand, judged themselves as equivalent to less healthy looking versions of their own face and a stranger’s face. Affective traits modulated self-image and social comparisons of healthiness. Face health judgement was also related to physical symptom perception and self-esteem; high physical symptom reports were associated a less healthy self-image and high self-reported (but not implicit) self-esteem was associated with more favourable social comparisons of healthiness. Subject to further validation, our novel face health judgement task could have utility as a perceptual measure of well-being. We are currently investigating whether face health judgement is sensitive to laboratory manipulations of mood.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Mirams L, Poliakoff E, Zandstra EH, Hoeksma M, Thomas A, El-Deredy W (2014) Feeling Bad and Looking Worse: Negative Affect Is Associated with Reduced Perceptions of Face-Healthiness. PLoS ONE 9(9): e107912. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107912 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | MD Multidisciplinary |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Natural Sciences & Psychology (closed 31 Aug 19) |
| Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Apr 2018 08:47 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 10:33 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0107912 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/8483 |
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