Weak, at best, correlation between physical attractiveness and personal well-being

iketoure · 2020-09-23T19:33:19+00:00

Probably because people can only relate to their own experience, you compare yourself to your own life and the people around you who are usually in similar circumstances.

Creepy_Anon_ · 2020-09-24T02:55:15+00:00

I think there are two reasons

First : that's a subjective scale not an objective one.

which means a girl who just broke her nails will probably report a lower SWB than a solider who got out of a battle with nine fingers while most of his friends died and most of the survivors lost at least a limb.

but on an objective scale there is no comparison. the girl has a much better well being

when we are asked about our subjective opinion, we compare ourselves to people around us and more importantly to our previous experiences.

for example, a rich kid who always use very expensive smartphones and computers then his parents decide to make him use less advanced devices will probably report lower SWB than a kid who has only used cheap devices. An African kid who lived most of his life hungry and finally got a relatively good shelter will probably report higher SWB than both of them.

but on an objective scale things are completely different

similarly a chad who is used to be treated very well since childhood but occasionally gets relatively bad treatment from women will compare this treatment to the rest of his life experience and think of it as a bad thing while a virgin ugly dude who is always ignored by women, when he gets the same treatment the chad thought is bad he will compare it to the rest of his life experiences and consider it a good interaction. apply this to all the interactions that happens in both their lives and the effect of PA on their SWB will get moderated

so subjective Well being can not really considered an accurate scale. we need a research that compares PA with objective well being but that's really hard to achieve.

and that idea is highlighted by the fact that in that research the authors were surprised with their results because previous research -that collects data empirically with objective scales- on specific areas (e.g. effect of PA on salary or the halo and devil effects) suggests the correlation should be much higher.

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second : of course Because people - as we all know - cope. Their cognitive biases help them coping with reality by making them live in a virtual reality. When someone keeps telling himself that everything is great and the world is pink and the bad thing that happened to me has nothing to do with my appearance i just need to work more on myself and if i did it differently i will succeed, that person will be happier than the guy who realizes the truth and says to himself it is over.as long as there's hope even if it were false hope he will be able to cope and be happier.and i got the full text of this study and there's a quote that might suggest what i was saying

In Study 1 we found that PAT was not seen as very relevant to most participants' goals. However, for the people who saw PAT as more relevant to their goals, it was more highly correlated with SWB. This suggests the possibility that for a small percentage of people who see PAT as quite relevant to their goals, it might have a substantial impact on SWB.

people who saw PA as more important , their PA actually affected their SWB more. which suggests that your self awareness of how important PA reduces your cognitive biases that help you cope and makes the effect of PA on SWB appears more clearly.

after all a kid who thinks santa claus exists and his pet didn't die but went to a large garden will be happier than a kid who knows that santa doesn't exist and his beloved pet is actually dead

statusincorporated · 2020-09-23T19:19:54+00:00

Abstract:

Three studies were conducted to determine whether physical attractiveness (PAT) is related to subjective well-being (SWB). In the first study (N = 221), unselected students were photographed and videotaped. In the second study (N = 131), participants were selected on the basis of extremes in PAT, and in the third study (N = 155), participants were preselected for extreme scores on SWB. Correlations between SWB and PAT varied from .03 to .33. In Study 1 the mean correlation between PAT and SWB was .13. When appearance enhancers (hair, clothing, and jewelry) were covered or removed in Studies 2 and 3, the correlation between PAT and SWB dropped, suggesting that part of the SWB–PAT relation might be due to happier people doing more to enhance their beauty. The impact of PAT on SWB may be mitigated by the fact that others agree on a target's PAT at only modest levels. It was found that self-perceptions of PAT were correlated with both one's objective PAT and one's SWB. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Highest correlation was .33 = less than 10% of variance explained.

Wexoch · 2020-09-27T10:51:57+00:00

How would physical attractiveness possibly have no correlation with personal well-being.

If that's the case then EVERYTHING that is correlated with being more physically attractive:

More social sucess, more money, more status, more sexual success, admiration, being valued more for your work, etc. Would also need to have no correlation with personal well-being.

So then what can the conclusion other be then: 'Nothing matters for well-being'.

Nihilist study.

Just_a_perfect_day · 2020-09-23T21:27:25+00:00

Lol that‘s basically exactly the opposite of one of the most important blackpill claims. Well facts don‘t care about your feelings 🤷‍♂️

AutoModerator · 2020-09-23T21:25:53+00:00

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HunterEyez · 2020-10-07T16:41:23+00:00

Which age group and what country?

Was it 1995-onwards born American males that was targeted? If not, then how is it relevant for Blackpillscience?

Title	Weak, at best, correlation between physical attractiveness and personal well-being
Author	statusincorporated
Upvotes	35
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Date	September 23, 2020 7:19 PM UTC (5 years ago)
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