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IMPACT OF APPEARANCE COMPONENTS EVALUATION ON OVERALL SATISFACTION AND CONCERN WITH ONEВ’S APPEARANCE IN YOUTH*
Abstract
Background. Recent psychological research focuses on different factors influencing concern and satisfaction with appearance (Harris et al, 2014; Moss et al, 2012, 2014; Mulgrew & Cragg, 2015; Nergiz-Unalet et al, 2014; Pliner et al, 1990; Stock, 2014). Especially, satisfaction and concern with physical appearance, body form, and body parts has been investigated till now. At the same time due to operationalization of appearance through physical characteristics the impact of evaluation of various appearance components on overall satisfaction and concern with appearance has not been studied enough yet. In this study one’s appearance is defined as complex structural phenomenon consisting of following interrelated components: 1) physical appearance (body, face); 2) appearance design (dress, make-up, hair); 3) expressive behavior (facial expression, gestures, postures, etc.). Satisfaction or concern with appearance is described as stable positive or negative emotional attitude towards one’s appearance. Concern with appearance is considered as form of social anxiety, as dispositional concentration on appearance (McClendon et al, 2002). According to definitions of satisfaction and concern with appearance, we assume that these two phenomena are independent from each other. Research design. 93 female and 39 male student participants in age from 17 to 21 years (M=18,67; SD=1,26) participated in the study. Hypothesis. Evaluation of various appearance components impacts the youth’s overall satisfaction and concern with appearance in different ways. Methods. The inventory “Evaluative-content interpretation of appearance” (Labunskaya, 2009) consisting of following self-evaluation scales was applied in the study: aesthetic evaluation of face and body; appearance design; appearance attractiveness for the opposite-gender partner; appearance femininity and masculinity. The questionnaire “Attitudes towards own appearance: satisfaction and concern” (Kapitanova & Labunskaya, 2014) was also administered. Results. Appearance design, appearance attractiveness for the opposite-gender partner and appearance femininity/masculinity have significant effect on satisfaction level with one’s appearance. Evaluation of studied appearance components has no significant effect on concern with one’s appearance. Conclusions. The impact intensity of appearance components evaluation on overall satisfaction and concern with own appearance varies in relation to single appearance components evaluation. Level of concern is less linked to appearance evaluation compared to level of satisfaction.
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