Judge Timothy A, Hurst Charlice, Simon Lauren S
Department of Management, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7165, USA.
J Appl Psychol. 2009 May;94(3):742-55. doi: 10.1037/a0015497.
The authors investigated core self-evaluations and educational attainment as mediating mechanisms for the influence of appearance (physical attractiveness) and intelligence (general mental ability) on income and financial strain. The direct effects of core self-evaluations on financial strain, as well as the indirect effects through income, were also considered. Longitudinal data were obtained as part of a national study, the Harvard Study of Health and Life Quality, and proposed models were evaluated with structural equation modeling. Results supported a partially mediated model, such that general mental ability and physical attractiveness exhibited both direct and indirect effects on income, as mediated by educational attainment and core self-evaluations. Finally, income negatively predicted financial strain, whereas core self-evaluations had both a direct and an indirect (through income) negative effect on financial strain. Overall, the results suggest that looks (physical attractiveness), brains (intelligence), and personality (core self-evaluations) are all important to income and financial strain.
作者研究了核心自我评价和教育程度作为外表（身体吸引力）和智力（一般心理能力）对收入和经济压力影响的中介机制。还考虑了核心自我评价对经济压力的直接影响以及通过收入产生的间接影响。纵向数据是作为一项全国性研究——哈佛健康与生活质量研究的一部分获得的，并使用结构方程模型对提出的模型进行了评估。结果支持了一个部分中介模型，即一般心理能力和身体吸引力通过教育程度和核心自我评价的中介，对收入表现出直接和间接影响。最后，收入对经济压力有负向预测作用，而核心自我评价对经济压力既有直接的负向影响，也有通过收入产生的间接负向影响。总体而言，结果表明外表（身体吸引力）、头脑（智力）和个性（核心自我评价）对收入和经济压力都很重要。
