“Is it better to be fat than ugly?”: the effect of physical attractiveness, body size, and race on individual income

Reece, Robert L.

doi:10.1007/s43545-022-00512-7

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“…We finally measured the possible correlates of mask-wearing intention—COVID-19 fear ( Chen and Lei, 2021 ), self-esteem ( Leary, 2004 ), and demographic variables including age, gender, and ethnicity ( Hitt and Barr, 1989 ; Reece, 2022 ). Participants rated how much fear they felt toward COVID-19 using 7 items from Ahorsu et al (2020) ( α = 0.92; e.g., “I am most afraid of coronavirus-19.” ) on a 5-point scale.…”

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Post COVID-19, still wear a face mask? Self-perceived facial attractiveness reduces mask-wearing intention

Eun

Choi

2023

Front. Psychol.

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With the emerging post-COVID era, wearing face masks has become a domain of personal choice. Then, who wants to continue wearing a mask when it is no longer mandatory? In this article, we expect and examine the role of self-perceived facial attractiveness in predicting mask-wearing intention and its mechanism across three studies (total N = 1,030). Studies 1 and 2 demonstrated that individuals with high (vs. low) self-perceived attractiveness were less willing to wear a mask, due to a weaker endorsement of the belief that mask-wearing enhances their perceived attractiveness (i.e., mask attractiveness belief). Study 3 further revealed that this mediational association was stronger in situations where the need to deliver a favorable impression was high (job interview context) versus low (walking a dog context). Overall, we provide a novel finding that self-perceived attractiveness has significant effects on mask-wearing intention via mask attractiveness belief in the post-pandemic of COVID-19. Our findings suggest that mask-wearing can shift from being a self-protection measure during the COVID-19 pandemic to a self-presentation tactic in the post-pandemic era.

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