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Mares, Suzanne H. W.; de Leeuw, Rebecca N. H.; Scholte, Ron H. J.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
Facial attractiveness has been associated with many (social) advantages in life, like greater popularity, acceptance, and social competence. Because social evaluations and acceptance are important factors contributing to self-esteem (SE), we hypothesized that high levels of attractiveness would be related to increased levels of SE. To test this…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Interpersonal Relationship, Interpersonal Competence
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Freng, Scott; Webber, David – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
Previous research has linked teachers' physical attractiveness and students' evaluations of teaching. We expanded on this literature by using data from RateMyProfessors.com (RMP), a database popular among college students. Additionally, we examined the unique variance that physical attractiveness explains in student evaluations of teaching while…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Attraction, College Faculty, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Web Sites
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Aubrey, Jennifer Stevens; Taylor, Laramie D. – Human Communication Research, 2009
We present a program of research investigating the effects of lad magazines on male body self-consciousness and appearance anxiety. Study 1, based on panel data from undergraduate men, showed that lad magazine exposure in Year 1 predicted body self-consciousness in Year 2. Study 2 was an experiment that showed that men assigned to view objectified…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Anxiety, Males, Undergraduate Students
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Lehmiller, Justin J.; Agnew, Christopher R. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2007
The present research examined how perceived marginalization of one's romantic relationship is associated with level of future commitment to and stability of that involvement. Results from a 7-month longitudinal study of romantically involved individuals (N = 215) revealed that perceived social network marginalization at Time 1 predicted breakup…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Longitudinal Studies, Correlation, Predictor Variables
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Young, I. Phillip – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 2005
This study addresses the screening decisions for a national random sample of high school principals as viewed from the attraction-similarity theory of interpersonal perceptions. Independent variables are the sex of principals, sex of applicants, and the type of focal positions sought by hypothetical job applicants (teacher or counselor). Dependent…
Descriptors: Principals, High Schools, Personnel Selection, Social Cognition