Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University, Orange, CA, USA.
Psychology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Body Image. 2022 Jun;41:1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.016. Epub 2022 Feb 25.
Despite substantial literature surrounding how people process and perceive faces, there is very little research investigating how people evaluate their own faces. We examined how gender, body mass, race, age, and sexual orientation were linked to people's satisfaction with the appearance of their eyes, nose, facial shape, and face overall among 11,620 adults recruited via Mechanical Turk. Most people mostly or definitely agreed they were happy with their facial appearance. There were notable racial differences, with Asian participants tending to report greater dissatisfaction. For example, only 66% of Asian women and 60% of Asian men mostly or definitely agreed that they were happy with the appearance of their eyes, which was lower than other racial groups. BMI and age were not strongly associated with face satisfaction. Sexual minority men were less satisfied than heterosexual men. About one in four gay and bisexual men, compared to only one in seven heterosexual men, reported dissatisfaction with their overall facial appearance. Men and women with poorer face image engaged in more appearance surveillance, more strongly internalized the thin-ideal, and perceived stronger sociocultural pressures from peers, parents, and media. The current study highlights important sociocultural and demographic factors tied to poorer face image.
尽管有大量关于人们如何处理和感知面部的文献，但很少有研究调查人们如何评估自己的面部。我们通过 Mechanical Turk 招募了 11620 名成年人，调查了性别、体重指数、种族、年龄和性取向与人们对眼睛、鼻子、面部形状和整体面部外观满意度之间的关系。大多数人大多或完全同意他们对自己的面部外观感到满意。种族差异显著，亚洲参与者往往报告更不满意。例如，只有 66%的亚洲女性和 60%的亚洲男性大多或完全同意他们对眼睛的外观感到满意，这低于其他种族群体。体重指数和年龄与面部满意度没有很强的关联。性少数群体男性比异性恋男性更不满意。大约四分之一的男同性恋和双性恋男性，相比之下只有七分之一的异性恋男性，报告对他们的整体面部外观不满意。面部形象较差的男性和女性更关注外表，更强烈地内化了瘦理想，并且感知到来自同龄人、父母和媒体的更强的社会文化压力。本研究强调了与较差面部形象相关的重要社会文化和人口统计学因素。
