Ill, but Still Attractive? The Impact of Mental Illness on Attractiveness Perceptions and Social Judgment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. The “Beautiful-Is-Good” Heuristic
1.2. Mental Disorders and Attractiveness
1.3. Public Stigma of Mental Disorders
1.4. The “Good-Is-Beautiful” Heuristic
1.5. The Current Research
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Design
2.2. Material and Procedure
2.3. Data Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Perceived Attractiveness
3.2. Personality Evaluation
3.3. Mediation Analysis
3.4. Exploratory Analyses: Participants’ Gender as an Additional Factor
4. Discussion
4.1. Exploratory Analyses on Gender Effects
4.2. Limitations and Future Research
5. Conclusions and Implications
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Aydin, N.; Plewe, M.C.; Mahr, L.A.M.; Kleber, J. Ill, but Still Attractive? The Impact of Mental Illness on Attractiveness Perceptions and Social Judgment. Behav. Sci. 2024, 14, 406. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14050406
Aydin N, Plewe MC, Mahr LAM, Kleber J. Ill, but Still Attractive? The Impact of Mental Illness on Attractiveness Perceptions and Social Judgment. Behavioral Sciences. 2024; 14(5):406. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14050406
Chicago/Turabian StyleAydin, Nilüfer, Miriam Clivia Plewe, Luisa Afra Malin Mahr, and Janet Kleber. 2024. "Ill, but Still Attractive? The Impact of Mental Illness on Attractiveness Perceptions and Social Judgment" Behavioral Sciences 14, no. 5: 406. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14050406