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Cues to mental health from men’s facial appearance

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Cues to mental health from men’s facial appearance. / Ward, Robert; Scott, Naomi.
In: Journal of Research in Personality, Vol. 75, No. August, 08.2018, p. 26-36.

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Ward, R & Scott, N 2018, 'Cues to mental health from men’s facial appearance', Journal of Research in Personality, vol. 75, no. August, pp. 26-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.04.007

APA

Ward, R., & Scott, N. (2018). Cues to mental health from men’s facial appearance. Journal of Research in Personality, 75(August), 26-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.04.007

CBE

Ward R, Scott N. 2018. Cues to mental health from men’s facial appearance. Journal of Research in Personality. 75(August):26-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.04.007

MLA

Ward, Robert and Naomi Scott. "Cues to mental health from men’s facial appearance". Journal of Research in Personality. 2018, 75(August). 26-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.04.007

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Ward R, Scott N. Cues to mental health from men’s facial appearance. Journal of Research in Personality. 2018 Aug;75(August):26-36. Epub 2018 Apr 23. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2018.04.007

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Ward, Robert ; Scott, Naomi. / Cues to mental health from men’s facial appearance. In: Journal of Research in Personality. 2018 ; Vol. 75, No. August. pp. 26-36.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Cues to mental health from men’s facial appearance

AU - Ward, Robert

AU - Scott, Naomi

PY - 2018/8

Y1 - 2018/8

N2 - Previous work shows that mental health can be evident from neutral facial appearance. We assessed the accuracy of mental health perceptions from facial appearance, and how perceived mental health related to other appearance cues, specifically attractiveness, perceived physical health, and masculinity. We constructed composite images from men scoring high and low on autistic quotient, depressive symptoms, and schizotypy inventories, and asked observers to rate these images for mental health. We found perceived mental health reflected actual mental health in all cases. Furthermore, the accuracy of mental health inference was not fully explained by other appearance cues. We consider implications of accurate mental health detection from appearance, and the possibility that appearance could be a risk factor for mental health issues.

AB - Previous work shows that mental health can be evident from neutral facial appearance. We assessed the accuracy of mental health perceptions from facial appearance, and how perceived mental health related to other appearance cues, specifically attractiveness, perceived physical health, and masculinity. We constructed composite images from men scoring high and low on autistic quotient, depressive symptoms, and schizotypy inventories, and asked observers to rate these images for mental health. We found perceived mental health reflected actual mental health in all cases. Furthermore, the accuracy of mental health inference was not fully explained by other appearance cues. We consider implications of accurate mental health detection from appearance, and the possibility that appearance could be a risk factor for mental health issues.

KW - Facial Appearance

KW - Mental health

KW - Attractiveness

KW - Masculinity

U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2018.04.007

DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2018.04.007

M3 - Article

VL - 75

SP - 26

EP - 36

JO - Journal of Research in Personality

JF - Journal of Research in Personality

SN - 0092-6566

IS - August

ER -