Prosocial behaviour enhances evaluation of physical beauty.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12800

Natalia Kononov, Danit Ein-Gar

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Abstract

Ten studies (N = 4192) demonstrated that individuals depicted as prosocial were judged to be more physically beautiful. This evaluation of prosocial individuals as more beautiful is influenced by a motivation to be associated with prosocial others. This phenomenon was observed in real-world settings (Study 1) and applied to both men and women, both as targets and observers (Studies 2a-2b). The effect persisted in scenarios where participants imagined the target without any visual aid (Study 2c) and extended beyond metaphorical interpretations of beauty (Study 3). The effect weakened when prosocial behaviour was an isolated incident, not indicative of the target's prosocial personality (Study 4). The influence of prosociality on beauty evaluations surpassed that of other positive traits such as intelligence or humour (Study 5) and remained significant despite physical imperfections in the target's appearance (Study 6). The effect diminished in situations where forming a relationship was not feasible, thus supporting the motivated cognition rationale (Studies 7-8). These findings highlight the substantial role of prosocial behaviour in influencing evaluations of physical beauty, a crucial element in social interactions and relationship formation, often outweighing other attributes typically linked to physical appearance evaluation.

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亲社会行为会增强对形体美的评价。

十项研究（N = 4192）表明，被描绘成亲社会的人被认为身体更美。这种认为亲社会的人更美的评价受到与亲社会的人联系在一起的动机的影响。这种现象是在真实世界的环境中观察到的（研究 1），并同时适用于男性和女性，无论是作为目标还是观察者（研究 2a-2b）。在参与者没有任何视觉辅助工具的情况下想象目标时，这种效应依然存在（研究 2c），并且超越了对美的隐喻解释（研究 3）。如果亲社会行为只是一个孤立的事件，并不代表目标人物的亲社会人格，那么这种效应就会减弱（研究 4）。亲社会性对美的评价的影响超过了智力或幽默等其他正面特质（研究 5），而且尽管目标人物的外表不完美，亲社会性对美的评价的影响仍然显著（研究 6）。在无法建立关系的情况下，这种影响会减弱，从而支持动机认知的原理（研究 7-8）。这些研究结果凸显了亲社会行为在影响外貌美感评价方面的重要作用，而外貌美感评价是社会交往和关系建立的关键因素，其作用往往超过通常与外貌评价相关的其他属性。

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