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Article: Control my appearance, control my social standing: Appearance control beliefs influence American women's (not men's) social mobility perception

TitleControl my appearance, control my social standing: Appearance control beliefs influence American women's (not men's) social mobility perception
Authors
KeywordsAppearance control beliefs
Social mobility
Awareness of social attitude toward appearance
Gender difference
Issue Date2020
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/paid
Citation
Personality and Individual Differences, 2020, v. 155, p. article no. 109629 How to Cite?
AbstractThe present research examined the influence of perceived control over one's body appearance on expected social standing among women. With participants recruited from the United States, we measured (Study 1 and 2) and manipulated (Study 3) appearance control beliefs, and consistently found that women (but not men) with higher control beliefs expected higher possibility of upward social mobility. Moreover, women's awareness and endorsement of social attitude toward appearance moderated the effect (Study 2 and 3), such that the positive association between appearance control beliefs and social mobility perception was only observed among women who believed that appearance is valued by society and important for success but not among women who did not have such beliefs. These findings contribute to the literature by highlighting women's control beliefs of physical body appearance may predict their perception of the social world. Implications on women's social behaviors, as well as their physical and mental health are discussed.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/286112
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.5
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.463
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dc.contributor.authorWang, X-
dc.contributor.authorTeng, F-
dc.contributor.authorChen, Z-
dc.contributor.authorPoon, KT-
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-31T06:59:17Z-
dc.date.available2020-08-31T06:59:17Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationPersonality and Individual Differences, 2020, v. 155, p. article no. 109629-
dc.identifier.issn0191-8869-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/286112-
dc.description.abstractThe present research examined the influence of perceived control over one's body appearance on expected social standing among women. With participants recruited from the United States, we measured (Study 1 and 2) and manipulated (Study 3) appearance control beliefs, and consistently found that women (but not men) with higher control beliefs expected higher possibility of upward social mobility. Moreover, women's awareness and endorsement of social attitude toward appearance moderated the effect (Study 2 and 3), such that the positive association between appearance control beliefs and social mobility perception was only observed among women who believed that appearance is valued by society and important for success but not among women who did not have such beliefs. These findings contribute to the literature by highlighting women's control beliefs of physical body appearance may predict their perception of the social world. Implications on women's social behaviors, as well as their physical and mental health are discussed.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/paid-
dc.relation.ispartofPersonality and Individual Differences-
dc.subjectAppearance control beliefs-
dc.subjectSocial mobility-
dc.subjectAwareness of social attitude toward appearance-
dc.subjectGender difference-
dc.titleControl my appearance, control my social standing: Appearance control beliefs influence American women's (not men's) social mobility perception-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailChen, Z: chenz@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityChen, Z=rp00629-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.paid.2019.109629-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85075485612-
dc.identifier.hkuros313679-
dc.identifier.volume155-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 109629-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 109629-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000509614900035-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl0191-8869-

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