Say cheese? The connections between positive facial expressions in student identification photographs and health care seeking behavior
| Autor: | Marie P. Cross, Sarah D. Pressman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
050103 clinical psychology
Facial expression business.industry 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Patient Acceptance of Health Care Health outcomes Smiling Preventive care Facial Expression Identification (information) Cheese Health care Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Health care seeking Ill health Students business Psychology Psychosocial Applied Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health Psychology. 25:2511-2519 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7277 1359-1053 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1359105318790066 |
| Popis: | This study examined whether positive facial expressions in student identification photographs were connected with a health-relevant behavior: visits to a health care center in the last year for preventive and non-preventive (e.g. illness, injury) purposes. Identification photographs were coded for degree of smile. Smiling participants were more likely to have sought preventive care versus those not smiling in their photographs, but there was no difference in non-preventive (i.e. ill health) visits. This study shows for the first time that smiling in photographs may be related to healthy behavior and complements past work connecting smiling to positive psychosocial and health outcomes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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