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Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries

Marta Kowal, Piotr Sorokowski, Katarzyna Pisanski, Jaroslava Varella Valentová, Marco Antônio Corrêa Varella, David A. Frederick, Laith Al-Shawaf, Felipe E. García, Isabella Giammusso, Biljana Gjoneska, Luca Kozma, Tobias Otterbring, Μαριέττα Παπαδάτου-Παστού, Gerit Pfuhl, Sabrina Stöckli, Anna Studzińska, Ezgi Toplu‐Demirtaş, Anna Κ. Touloumakos, Bence E. Bakos, Carlota Batres, Solenne Bonneterre, Johanna Czamanski‐Cohen, Jovi Clemente Dacanay, Eliane Deschrijver, Maryanne L. Fisher, Caterina Grano, Dmitry Grigoryev, Pavol Kačmár, Mikhail V. Kozlov, Efisio Manunta, Karlijn Massar, Joseph P. McFall, Moisés Mebarak, Maria Rosa Miccoli, Taciano L. Milfont, Pavol Prokop, Toivo Aavik, Patrícia Arriaga, Roberto Baiocco, Jiří Čeněk, Hakan Çetınkaya, İzzet Duyar, Farida Guemaz, Tatsunori Ishii, Julia Kamburidis, Hareesol Khun-Inkeeree, Linda H. Lidborg, Hagar Manor, Ravit Nussinson, Mohd Sofian Omar Fauzee, Farid Pazhoohi, Koen Ponnet, Anabela Caetano Santos, Oksana Senyk, Огнен Спасовски, Mona Vintilă, Austin H. Wang, Gyesook Yoo, Oulmann Zerhouni, Rizwana Amin, Sibele D. Aquino, Merve Boğa, Mahmoud Boussena, Ali R. Can, Seda Can, Rita Castro, Antonio Chirumbolo, Ogeday Çoker, Clément Cornec, Seda Dural, Stephanie J. Eder, Nasim Ghahraman Moharrampour, Simone Grassini, Evgeniya Hristova, Gözde İkizer, Nicolas Kervyn, Mehmet Koyuncu, Yoshihiko Kunisato, Samuel Lins, Tetyana Mandzyk, Silvia Mari, Alan D. A. Mattiassi, Aybegüm Memisoglu‐Sanli, Mara Morelli, Felipe Carvalho Novaes, Miriam Parise, Irena Pavela Banai, Mariia Perun, Nejc Plohl, Fatima Zahra Sahli, Dušana Šakan, Sanja Smojver‐Ažić, Çağlar Solak, Sinem Söylemez, Asako Toyama, Anna Włodarczyk, Yuki Yamada, Beatriz Abad-Villaverde, Reza Afhami, Grace Akello, Nael H. Alami, Leyla Alma, Marios Argyrides, Derya Atamtürk, Nana Burduli, Sayra Cardona, João Falcão Carneiro, Andrea Castañeda, Izabela Chałatkiewicz, William J. Chopik, Dimitri Chubinidze, Daniel Conroy‐Beam, Jorge Contreras‐Garduño, Diana Ribeiro da Silva, Yahya Don, Silvia Donato, Dmitrii Dubrov, Michaela Duračková, Sanjana Dutt, Samuel O. Ebimgbo, Ignacio Estevan, Edgardo Etchezahar, Peter Fedor, Feten Fekih‐Romdhane, Tomasz Frąckowiak, Katarzyna Gałasińska, Łukasz Gargula, Benjamin Gelbart, Talía Gómez Yepes, Brahim Hamdaoui, Ivana Hromatko, Salome N. Itibi, Luna Jaforte, Steve M. J. Janssen, Marija Jović, Kévin Sevag Kertechian, Farah Khan, Aleksander Kobylarek, Maida Koso-Drljević, Anna Krasnodębska, Valerija Križanić, Miguel Landa–Blanco, Álvaro Mailhos, Tiago Azevedo Marot, Tamara Martinac Dorčić, Martha Martínez-Banfi, Mat Rahimi Yusof, Marlon Mayorga-Lascano, Vita Mikuličiūtė, Katarina Mišetić, Bojan Musil, Arooj Najmussaqib, Kavitha Nalla Muthu, Jean Carlos Natividade, Izuchukwu L. G. Ndukaihe, Ellen K. Nyhus, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, Salma Samir Omar, Franciszek Ostaszewski, Ma. Criselda T. Pacquing, Ariela Francesca Pagani, Ju Hee Park, Ekaterine Pirtskhalava, Ulf‐Dietrich Reips, Marc Eric S. Reyes, Jan Philipp Röer, Ayşegül Şahin, Adil Samekin, Rūta Sargautytė, Tatiana Semenovskikh, Henrik Siepelmeyer, Sangeeta Singh, Alicja Sołtys, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Rodrigo Soto-López, Liliya F. Sultanova, William Tamayo-Agudelo, Chee‐Seng Tan, Gulmira Topanova, Bastien Trémolière, Singha Tulyakul, Belgüzar Nilay Türkan, Arkadiusz Urbanek, Tatiana Volkodav, Kathryn V. Walter, Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob, Marcos Zumárraga-Espinosa

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People across the world and throughout history have gone to great lengths to enhance their physical appearance. Evolutionary psychologists and ethologists have largely attempted to explain this phenomenon via mating preferences and strategies. Here, we test one of the most popular evolutionary hypotheses for beauty-enhancing behaviors, drawn from mating market and parasite stress perspectives, in a large cross-cultural sample. We also test hypotheses drawn from other influential and non-mutually exclusive theoretical frameworks, from biosocial role theory to a cultural media perspective. Survey data from 93,158 human participants across 93 countries provide evidence that behaviors such as applying makeup or using other cosmetics, hair grooming, clothing style, caring for body hygiene, and exercising or following a specific diet for the specific purpose of improving ones physical attractiveness, are universal. Indeed, 99% of participants reported spending >10 min a day performing beauty-enhancing behaviors. The results largely support evolutionary hypotheses: more time was spent enhancing beauty by women (almost 4 h a day, on average) than by men (3.6 h a day), by the youngest participants (and contrary to predictions, also the oldest), by those with a relatively more severe history of infectious diseases, and by participants currently dating compared to those in established relationships. The strongest predictor of attractiveness-enhancing behaviors was social media usage. Other predictors, in order of effect size, included adhering to traditional gender roles, residing in countries with less gender equality, considering oneself as highly attractive or, conversely, highly unattractive, TV watching time, higher socioeconomic status, right-wing political beliefs, a lower level of education, and personal individualistic attitudes. This study provides novel insight into universal beauty-enhancing behaviors by unifying evolutionary theory with several other complementary perspectives.

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Titre Crossref: Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries
Date Crossref: 01/11/2022
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
Type: journal-article

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University of Wrocław Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier Universidade de São Paulo Chapman University University of Colorado Colorado Springs Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer University of Palermo Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts University of Pecs University of Agder Research Institute of Industrial Economics National and Kapodistrian University of Athens UiT The Arctic University of Norway University of Bern Institut Catholique d'Arts et Métiers MEF University Panteion University University of Oxford Franklin & Marshall College Université Paris Nanterre Carmel (Israel)University of Haifa Open University of Israel Slovak Academy of Sciences University of Tartu Sapienza University of Rome University of Asia and the Pacific Ghent University National Research University Higher School of Economics University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University of Turku Laboratoire Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie Japan Women's University Maastricht University University Ferhat Abbas of Setif Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"Yaşar University Istanbul University Universidad del Norte SUNY Fredonia University of British Columbia University of Konstanz University of Waikato Comenius University Bratislava Turku University of Applied Sciences Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées West University of Timişoara Mendel University in Brno Northern University of Malaysia Prince of Songkla University Durham University Saint Mary's University University of Lisbon Lusíada University of Lisbon Ukrainian Catholic University University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava University of Nevada, Las Vegas Kyung Hee University Centre de Recherche sur les Fonctionnements et Dysfonctionnements Psychologiques Université Paris 8 Université de Rouen Normandie Bahria University Université Jean Monnet Lyon 1 Université

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