I care, even after the first impression: Facial appearance-based evaluations in healthcare context
| Autor: | Alexander Todorov, Katia Mattarozzi, Francesco De Gioia, Valentina Colonnello |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Mattarozzi, K., Colonnello, V., De Gioia, F., Todorov, A. |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Caring motivation Facial appearance First impression Prosocial behavior Social cognition Social perception
Adult Male Health (social science) Nurses Context (language use) Trust Affect (psychology) 050105 experimental psychology InformationSystems_GENERAL 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Bias History and Philosophy of Science Social cognition Health care Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 030212 general & internal medicine First impression (psychology) Social identity theory Analysis of Variance business.industry Social perception 05 social sciences Facial Expression Italy Prosocial behavior Female business Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Social Science & Medicine. 182:68-72 |
| ISSN: | 0277-9536 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.011 |
| Popis: | Purpose Prior research has demonstrated that healthcare providers' implicit biases may contribute to healthcare disparities. Independent research in social psychology indicates that facial appearance-based evaluations affect social behavior in a variety of domains, influencing political, legal, and economic decisions. Whether and to what extent these evaluations influence approach behavior in healthcare contexts warrants research attention. Here we investigate the impact of facial appearance-based evaluations of trustworthiness on healthcare providers’ caring inclination, and the moderating role of experience and information about the social identity of the faces. Method Novice and expert nurses rated their inclination to provide care when viewing photos of trustworthy-, neutral-, and untrustworthy-looking faces. To explore whether information about the target of care influences caring inclination, some participants were told that they would view patients’ faces while others received no information about the faces. Results Both novice and expert nurses had higher caring inclination scores for trustworthy-than for untrustworthy-looking faces; however, experts had higher scores than novices for untrustworthy-looking faces. Regardless of a face's trustworthiness level, experts had higher caring inclination scores for patients than for unidentified individuals, while novices showed no differences. Conclusions Facial appearance-based inferences can bias caring inclination in healthcare contexts. However, expert healthcare providers are less biased by these inferences and more sensitive to information about the target of care. These findings highlight the importance of promoting novice healthcare professionals’ awareness of first impression biases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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