Abstract:
People naturally exhibit a self-serving bias which can be observed in their tendency to judge their own physical attractiveness more favourably than that of others. Despite this positive self-perception, minimally invasive cosmetic injectable procedures for facial rejuvenation and enhancement are becoming increasingly common. It remains unclear, however, whether recognizing an altered version of one\'s own face, enhanced cosmetically, correlates with a positive view of cosmetic surgery and excessive preoccupations about physical characteristics perceived as defects (body dysmorphic concerns). In this study, 30 healthy female participants, aged 18-24 years (Mage = 21.1 years, SD = 1.6), engaged in a face recognition task during which their faces were digitally morphed with that of gender-matched unfamiliar women who had undergone cosmetic enhancements, specifically lip and cheek fillers. The duration of exposure to these modified faces varied with short (500 msec) and long (2000 msec) viewing periods. Participants were asked to identify whether the digital morphs represented themselves or the other woman. Self-reports regarding acceptance of cosmetic surgery and dysmorphic concerns were collected. Participants PSE indicated a tendency towards self-bias under short presentation times, shifting towards the other as presentation times lengthened. Interestingly, this effect was associated with greater acceptance of cosmetic surgery and higher body dysmorphic concerns. This study underscores the importance of understanding how perceptions of others\' physical appearances can influence self-recognition and attitudes towards cosmetic surgery, which may have both positive and potentially harmful implications.
摘要:
人们自然会表现出一种自我服务的偏见,可以观察到他们倾向于比其他人更有利地判断自己的身体吸引力。尽管有这种积极的自我感觉,用于面部年轻化和增强的微创美容注射程序变得越来越普遍。目前还不清楚,然而,是否识别自己面部的改变版本,在美容上增强,与整容手术的积极看法和对被视为缺陷的身体特征的过度关注(身体畸形问题)相关。在这项研究中,30名健康女性参与者,18-24岁(法师=21.1岁,SD=1.6),从事面部识别任务,在此期间,他们的脸与经历过美容增强的性别匹配的陌生女性的脸进行了数字变形,特别是嘴唇和脸颊填充物。暴露于这些改性面的持续时间随着短(500毫秒)和长(2000毫秒)观看周期而变化。参与者被要求确定数字变体是代表自己还是其他女性。收集了有关接受整容手术和畸形问题的自我报告。参与者PSE表示,在短暂的演示时间下,有自我偏见的趋势,随着演示时间的延长,向另一个转移。有趣的是,这种效应与更多接受整容手术和更高的身体畸形问题相关.这项研究强调了理解对他人外表的感知如何影响自我识别和对整容手术的态度的重要性。这可能既有积极的影响,也有潜在的有害影响。