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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Perceived attractiveness"”.
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Understanding talent attraction: perceived attractiveness of financial reward elements
… which elements of the Total Reward Model are perceived as attractive rewards or inducements for knowledge workers to ensure that their attraction strategies are aligned with the rewards that are valued and preferred by knowledge workers. The aim of the present study was to investigate a set of …
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Perceived Attractiveness and Personality Attributes: A Gender and Racial Analysis
… body shapes with respect to their physical attractiveness, and the extent to which they would be expected to possess various personality characteristics. The shapes were varied using 3 levels of overall weight and 4 levels of body shapeliness. The sample was modified to control for …
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The Influence of Facial Parameters on Orthognathic Patient, Layperson and Clinician Perceived Attractiveness
… the variation of facial parameters influences perceived attractiveness.<br/>Methods:<br/>Part 1 (chapter 3): The craniofacial height of an idealized image was altered from 1/6 to 1/10 of standing height, creating 10 images shown in random order to 89 observers (74 laypeople; 15 clinicians), who …
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Body image in overweight and obese women: The influence of age, ethnicity, perceived attractiveness, and romantic partners
… study was to examine how ethnicity, age, and perceived attractiveness impact overweight and obese women's body image within heterosexual romantic partnerships. Five hundred fifty-four women were recruited from social media groups and academic listservs. Participants completed an …
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Personality, appearance and temporal responses to potential romantic partners
… personality traits and ii) whether judgements of attractiveness/dominance in faces are valid guides to high or low BIS/BAS. In Chapter 2, inhibited participants took longer to accept a hypothetical dating offer from an attractive face, when measured within a one second timeframe. In Chapter 3, …
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Social Media and the Mediating Role of Perceived Authenticity in Covert Celebrity Endorsement: Influencing Factors
… factors that influence the celebrity endorser’s perceived authenticity and its impact on the promoted brand in covert social media marketing. To examine consumer behaviour, the Persuasion Knowledge Model and Attribution Theory were integrated, and a theoretical framework was then developed. In …
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Breaking the Muscular Mold: The Application of Homophily, Credibility, and Physical Attractiveness within Attitude and Perceived Behavioral Control towards Weight Lifting
… people are more likely to be hired, get a raise, perceived positively, and/or live happily within certain professions. Extant work has shown this trend is not generalizable across all fields. For example, scientists who are viewed as relatively unattractive and unsociable are perceived as …
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Masculinities and Sexual Violence among a Sample of Clients of Street Prostitutes
… of sexual conservatism and lower levels of perceived attractiveness were significantly related to violent sexual ideology.
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PATERNAL ATTRACTIVENESS AND PARENTAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES IN SONG SPARROWS MELOSPIZA MELODIA
… parental investment tactics in response to the perceived attractiveness of their social mate. I examined how mate attractiveness (based on song complexity and genetic dissimilarity) affects female mating tactics, offspring sex allocation, offspring growth rates and parental feeding rates in a …
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Effects of Social Context on State Anxiety, Submissive Behavior, and Perceived Social Task Performance in Females with Social Anxiety
… anxiety would be greater, and that (c) self-perceived social performance would be poorer, for participants in the following scenarios: delivering an impromptu speech to a male, versus female, evaluator; and engaging in an impromptu conversation with another female, versus a male. Hypotheses …
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Cues of Colorism: The Psychological, Sociocultural, and Developmental Differences between Light-skinned and Dark-skinned African-Americans
… such as mate selection, self-esteem and perceived attractiveness. However, there is no single study on differences between African-Americans across several domains, including their psychological (skin color satisfaction and self-esteem), sociocultural (media influence on appearance and …
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Exploring a Mediational Model of the Relationship Between Skin Color and Mate Selection in Desi Young Adults
… marital partners are made and lighter skin is perceived as more attractive. It is also known that, through the halo effect, attractive people are perceived to possess positive personality traits. The present study aimed to determine if skin color is associated with long-term mate preference …
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Esthetic Benefit of Orthodontic Treatments in Patients of Different Racial Backgrounds
… literature suggests that how laypeople view the attractiveness of others may be influenced by their own race or ethnicity. Little research has examined how the race of individuals influences their perceived attractiveness by others. Methods: A questionnaire was distributed to participants via …
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The relationship between foreign direct investment and the maturity of the real estate market: an assessment of investment activities of South African real estate companies with exposure on the African continent
… market conditions. As a result, Africa's perceived attractiveness has improved as new investment frontiers are sought. It has become crucial that current and future economic and market growth needs can be met by infrastructure and real estate development. In order for the various real …
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Attractiveness and self-esteem: A test of sociometer theory
… between self-perceptions of physical attractiveness, self-esteem and relationship behaviour, derived from sociometer theory. Study 1 extended previous research by employing a novel measure of self-perceived attractiveness and showing that this significantly and positively correlated …
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Client and therapist perspectives on the importance of the physical environment of the therapy room: A mixed methods study
… with the clients' perception of the therapist's perceived attractiveness, expertness, and trustworthiness. The results indicated that as clients ratings on the overall importance of lighting increased, so did their perceptions of the overall attractiveness, expertness, and trustworthiness of the …
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Body image and appearance management among older married dyads: factors influencing body image in the aging process
… coorientation effects in the perception of attractiveness in older marital dyads were investigated;Data were collected via a mail survey of older married couples residing in three metropolitan areas in Florida. Data from 94 married couples who were 60 years and older were entered into data …
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The influence of physical attractiveness and gender on perceived competence of sportscasters
… for a woman include nurturer, femininity, and attractiveness (Deaux & Major, 1 987). By contrast, sports broadcasters are expected to be knowledgeable, assertive, and competent. Research suggests that female sports broadcasters are seen as less competent and less persuasive than male sports …
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Reward Optimisation: The case for employer branding
… between the level of remuneration and the perceived attractiveness of a job offer has consistently been found and is often the basis of determining reward offerings. The global economic recession of the recent past and the decreasing availability of financial resources has meant that …