Ristić Aleksandar J, Jovanović Olja, Popadić Dragan, Pađen Višnja, Moosa Ahsan N V, Krivokapić Ana, Parojčić Aleksandra, Berisavac Ivana, Ilanković Andrej, Baščarević Vladimir, Vojvodić Nikola, Sokić Dragoslav
Center for Epilepsy and Sleep Disorders, Neurology Clinic, Medical School, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Epilepsy Behav. 2017 Dec;77:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.09.015. Epub 2017 Oct 21.
Using a group of young healthy individuals and patients with multiple sclerosis (pMS), we aimed to investigate whether the physical attractiveness judgment affects perception of epilepsy. We tested hypothesis that subjects, in the absence of relevant clues, would catch upon the facial attractiveness when asked to speculate which person suffers epilepsy and select less attractive choices.
Two photo-arrays (7 photos for each gender) selected from the Chicago Face Database (180 neutral faces of Caucasian volunteers with unknown medical status) were shown to study participants. Photos were evenly distributed along a continuum of attractiveness that was estimated by independent raters in prestudy stage. In each photo-array, three photos had rating 1-3 (unattractive), one photo had rating 4 (neutral), and three photos had rating 5-7 (attractive). High-quality printed photo-arrays were presented to test subjects, and they were asked to select one person from each photo-array "who has epilepsy". Finally, all subjects were asked to complete questionnaire of self-esteem and 19-item Scale of stereotypes toward people with epilepsy.
In total, 71 students of psychology, anthropology, or andragogy (mean age: 21.6±1.7years; female: 85.9%) and 70 pMS (mean age: 37.9±8years; female: 71.4%) were tested. Majority of students or pMS had no previous personal experience with individuals with epilepsy (63.4%; 47.1%, p=0.052). Male photo was selected as epileptic in the following proportions: students - 84.5% unattractive, 8.5% neutral, and 7% attractive; pMS - 62.9% unattractive, 8.6% neutral, and 28.6% attractive (p=0.003). Female photo was selected as epileptic in the following proportions: students - 38% unattractive, 52.1% neutral, and 9.9% attractive; pMS - 32.9% unattractive, 34.3% neutral, and 32.9% attractive (0.003). Both groups showed very low potential for stigmatization: significantly lower in pMS in 10 items. Patients with multiple sclerosis showed significantly higher self-esteem than students (p=0.007).
Facial attractiveness influences the perception of diagnosis of epilepsy. Both students and pMS were less willing to attribute epilepsy to attractive person of both genders.
我们以一组年轻健康个体和多发性硬化症患者（pMS）为研究对象，旨在调查外貌吸引力判断是否会影响对癫痫的认知。我们检验了这样一个假设：当被要求推测哪个人患有癫痫并选择吸引力较低的选项时，在没有相关线索的情况下，受试者会注意到面部吸引力。
从芝加哥面部数据库（180张白人志愿者的中性面部照片，其医疗状况未知）中选取两组照片阵列（每组性别各7张照片）展示给研究参与者。照片沿着吸引力连续体均匀分布，该吸引力连续体是在预研究阶段由独立评分者评估的。在每组照片阵列中，三张照片评分为1 - 3（无吸引力），一张照片评分为4（中性），三张照片评分为5 - 7（有吸引力）。向受试对象展示高质量打印的照片阵列，并要求他们从每组照片阵列中选出“患有癫痫”的一个人。最后，要求所有受试者完成自尊问卷和19项癫痫患者刻板印象量表。
总共测试了71名心理学、人类学或成人教育学专业的学生（平均年龄：21.6±1.7岁；女性：85.9%）和70名pMS患者（平均年龄：37.9±8岁；女性：71.4%）。大多数学生或pMS患者此前没有与癫痫患者的个人接触经历（分别为63.4%；47.1%，p = 0.052）。被选为患有癫痫的男性照片比例如下：学生组 - 84.5%无吸引力，8.5%中性，7%有吸引力；pMS组 - 62.9%无吸引力，8.6%中性，28.6%有吸引力（p = 0.003）。被选为患有癫痫的女性照片比例如下：学生组 - 38%无吸引力，52.1%中性，9.9%有吸引力；pMS组 - 32.9%无吸引力，34.3%中性，32.9%有吸引力（p = 0.003）。两组的污名化可能性都非常低：在10个项目中pMS组显著更低。多发性硬化症患者的自尊显著高于学生（p = 0.007）。
面部吸引力会影响对癫痫诊断的认知。学生和pMS患者都不太愿意将癫痫归因于两性中具有吸引力的人。
