Smile intensity in social networking profile photographs is related to greater scientific achievements

Kaczmarek, Łukasz D.; Behnke, Maciej; Kashdan, Todd B.; Kusiak, Aleksandra; Marzec, Katarzyna M.; Mistrzak, Martyna; Włodarczyk, Magdalena

doi:10.1080/17439760.2017.1326519

“…Ten raters blind to the research questions evaluated players' pro le pictures. Raters coded smiles using three categories -Duchenne smile (full smile), partial smile or asymmetrical smile, and no smile [14] [17]. A Duchenne smile is a facial expression characterized by the contraction of muscles around the mouth and the eyes that is closely related to the pleasant experience.…”

Section: Measures Smile Intensitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Finally, although the validity and accuracy of the thin-slicing methodology using pro le photo smiles have been evidenced [7] [11] [14], inferring emotions based on facial movements is considered risky [27].…”

Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Research showed that individuals smiling in pro le photos more intensely live longer [7], have higher life and marital satisfaction [11] [12] [13], are more competent [11], and achieve greater professional success [14]. Individuals who tend to smile in photos are also more caring for others, sociable, and interpersonally warm [11], factors that might be relevant to team sports performance.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Smile Intensity in Volleyball Players' Profile Photographs is Unrelated To Sports Performance

Chwiłkowska

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Behnke

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Kaczmarek

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2021

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Studies indicated that individuals who tend to smile while taking their photographs tend to experience more positive emotions in their life and, in turn, achieve superior outcomes in several life domains. However, little is known whether positive emotionality revealed in players' profile photographs is related to sports performance. This study examined whether the smiling intensity in volleyball players' profiles (full, partial, and no smile) predicted individual (e.g., points scored, service, and reception errors) and team performance (winning a match). Building upon previous studies on positive emotions, we expected that players presenting full (Duchenne) smiles would achieve better results. We analyzed 196 volleyball players' profiles from the Polish highest-level professional league competition (PlusLiga). Raters coded smile intensity. Using three-level path models, we found that teams with more frequent Duchenne smiles performed as well as those who presented Duchenne smiles less often. We conclude that positive emotionality (as reflected in profile photo smiling) might be independent of male volleyball accomplishments.

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“…The state of the art suggests that the formation of first impressions is an automatic, extremely rapid process based on whatever evaluative information is available (Bar et al., 2006; Cone et al., 2017). Research on thin slicing (i.e., the ability of people to extract information about individual traits of others based on narrow windows of experience; Lykourentzou et al., 2017), has shown that when exposed to brief patterns of behavioral expressions, observers are even capable of making quite accurate judgments about a wide range of individual characteristics, such as socioeconomic status (Kraus and Keltner, 2009), scientific achievements (Kaczmarek et al., 2018), likelihood of being an appropriate teammate (Lykourentzou et al., 2017), among others.…”

Section: H1: Social Judgments Extracted From Faces Should “Colour” Homentioning

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Swiping right: face perception in the age of Tinder

Rosa

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Tobón

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Ingram

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2019

Heliyon

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With an estimated 50 million or more users worldwide, Tinder has become one of the most popular mobile dating applications. Although judgments of physical attractiveness are assumed to drive the “swiping” decisions that lead to matches, we propose that there is an additional evaluative dimension driving behind these decisions: judgments of moral character. With the aim of adding empirical support for this proposition, we critically review the most striking findings about first impressions extracted from faces, moral character in person perception, creepiness, and the uncanny valley, as they apply to Tinder behavior. Drawing on this research and the evolutionary theory of biological markets, we formulate several hypotheses that offer directions for future studies of Tinder and other dating apps. We conclude that research on face perception of novel targets supports the plausibility of moral character as a potential factor affecting the swiping decisions and subsequent behavior of Tinder users.

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“…Research showed that individuals smiling in pro le photos more intensely are more competent [11] and achieve greater professional success [12]. Individuals who tend to smile in photos are also more socially competent [11], that might be relevant to team sports performance.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smile Intensity in Volleyball Players' Profile Photographs is Unrelated To Sports Performance

Chwiłkowska

¹

,

Behnke

²

,

Kaczmarek

³

2022

Preprint

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1

0

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Studies indicated that individuals who tend to smile while taking their photographs tend to experience more positive emotions in their life and, in turn, achieve superior outcomes in several life domains. However, little is known whether positive emotionality revealed in players' profile photographs is related to sports performance. This study examined whether the smiling intensity in volleyball players' profiles (full, partial, and no smile) predicted individual (e.g., points scored, service, and reception errors) and team performance (winning a match). Building upon previous studies on positive emotions, we expected that players presenting full (Duchenne) smiles would achieve better results. We analyzed 196 volleyball players' profiles from the Polish highest-level professional league competition (PlusLiga). Raters coded smile intensity. Using three-level path models, we found that teams with more frequent Duchenne smiles performed as well as those who presented Duchenne smiles less often. We conclude that positive emotionality (as reflected in profile photo smiling) might be independent of male volleyball accomplishments.

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Smile intensity in social networking profile photographs is related to greater scientific achievements

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Smile Intensity in Volleyball Players' Profile Photographs is Unrelated To Sports Performance

Smile Intensity in Volleyball Players' Profile Photographs is Unrelated To Sports Performance

Swiping right: face perception in the age of Tinder

Smile Intensity in Volleyball Players' Profile Photographs is Unrelated To Sports Performance

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