Are First Impressions of Unknown Children and Early Adolescents Affected by the Facial Attractiveness of Their Best Friend?

Autor/inn/en	Zarbatany, Lynne; Marshall, Kiera G.
Titel	Are First Impressions of Unknown Children and Early Adolescents Affected by the Facial Attractiveness of Their Best Friend?
Quelle	In: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 61 (2015) 4, S.468-485, Artikel 2 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-930X
Schlagwörter	Friendship; Interpersonal Attraction; Puberty; Children; Early Adolescents; Photography; Scores; Academic Achievement; Interpersonal Competence; Task Analysis; Hypothesis Testing; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Foreign Countries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freundschaft; Interpersonale Anziehung; Pubertät; Child; Kind; Kinder; Fotografie; Schulleistung; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Aufgabenanalyse; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	This study assessed the effects of a best friend's facial attractiveness on first impressions of medium-attractive children and early adolescents. Younger (N = 114, 48 boys and 66 girls, M[subscript age] = 8.16 years) and older (N = 168, 83 boys and 85 girls, M[subscript age] = 12.32 years) participants rated photos of unknown medium-attractive younger (6-9 years) and older (10-16 years) boys and girls (the targets) who were paired with an attractive or unattractive same-gender best friend. First-impression scores were consolidated ratings of targets on six characteristics reflecting social and academic competence (has a lot of friends, fun to be with, popular, good leader, kind to others, smart in school). First impressions of older but not younger targets were more positive when targets were paired with an attractive than with an unattractive friend. Further research is needed to determine whether having an attractive friend represents a social advantage primarily after puberty. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01