Social anxiety, only skin deep? The relationship between ratings of physical attractiveness and social anxiety

Autor:	M. Adkins, Robert L. Duran, Walter R. Zakahi
Rok vydání:	1994
Předmět:	Apprehension Communication Developmental approach media_common.quotation_subject Physical attractiveness Social anxiety Institution medicine Communication apprehension medicine.symptom Psychology Developmental psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Communication Research Reports. 11:23-31
ISSN:	1746-4099 0882-4096
DOI:	10.1080/08824099409359937
Popis:	This paper examines the relationship between social anxiety and physical attractiveness using Langlois’ (1986) developmental approach to physical attractiveness. Two hundred and fifty‐eight students from two different institutions participated in the study. First, participants completed the dyadic and group apprehension dimensions of the PRCA 24. Second, two hundred and thirty‐eight of the 258 participants agreed to have their photographs taken for the study. The photographs were rated for physical attractiveness by eight raters from a third institution. Consistent with Langlois’ theory, the results indicate physical attractiveness was significantly correlated to dyadic apprehension (r = ‐.16, p — .01), group apprehension (r‐ ‐.17, p < .01) and the communication apprehension composite (r = ‐.19, p < .01). Physical attractiveness and gender did not, however, interact in their relationship to communication apprehension. The implications of these results are discussed and suggestions for future research are ...
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