Does perceived physical attractiveness in adolescence predict better socioeconomic position in adulthood? Evidence from 20 years of follow up in a population cohort study.
Does perceived physical attractiveness in adolescence predict better socioeconomic position in adulthood? Evidence from 20 years of follow up in a population cohort study.
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10.1371/journal.pone.0063975
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发表时间：
2013
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Macintyre S
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文献类型：
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作者：
Benzeval M;Green MJ;Macintyre S
人们认为，在关键的生活结果中，存在着“美貌溢价”：人们认为外表更有吸引力的人有更好的教育结果、更高的地位、更高的工资，而且更有可能结婚。然而，这些信念的证据通常是基于假设性实验或对非常特定的人群亚群(如大学生)进行的研究中的照片。在整个人群的“现实生活”中，外貌吸引力可能在多大程度上对这些结果产生持久影响，目前还不太为人所知。利用苏格兰西部普通人群队列的纵向数据，本文调查了15岁时的外表吸引力与大约20年后的关键社会经济结果之间的关联。在15岁时被评估为外表更具吸引力的人在36岁时拥有更高的社会经济地位--就就业状况、住房保有期和收入而言--而且他们更有可能结婚；即使在根据父母的社会经济背景、自己的智力、健康和自尊、教育和其他成人社会经济成果进行调整后也是如此。在教育方面，这种联系对女性意义重大，但对男性意义不大。在考虑了如此广泛的混杂因素之后，理解为什么吸引力与长期社会经济结果密切相关，这一点很重要。
There is believed to be a ‘beauty premium’ in key life outcomes: it is thought that people perceived to be more physically attractive have better educational outcomes, higher-status jobs, higher wages, and are more likely to marry. Evidence for these beliefs, however, is generally based on photographs in hypothetical experiments or studies of very specific population subgroups (such as college students). The extent to which physical attractiveness might have a lasting effect on such outcomes in ‘real life’ situations across the whole population is less well known. Using longitudinal data from a general population cohort of people in the West of Scotland, this paper investigated the association between physical attractiveness at age 15 and key socioeconomic outcomes approximately 20 years later. People assessed as more physically attractive at age 15 had higher socioeconomic positions at age 36– in terms of their employment status, housing tenure and income - and they were more likely to be married; even after adjusting for parental socioeconomic background, their own intelligence, health and self esteem, education and other adult socioeconomic outcomes. For education the association was significant for women but not for men. Understanding why attractiveness is strongly associated with long-term socioeconomic outcomes, after such extensive confounders have been considered, is important.
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