TY - JOUR
T1 - Global social skill ratings
T2 - Measures of social behavior or physical attractiveness?
AU - Hope, Debra A.
AU - Mindell, Jodi A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements--Preparation of this manuscript was supported in part by Grant MH 48751 to the first author from the National Institute of Mental Health. Portions of this paper were presented at the Annltal Meeting o/” the Association for the A&ancement of Beharior Therapy, New York, 1991. The authors wish to thank Margaret Douglas Sayers, Scott P. McRobert, and Robin Beyer for their assistance in the completion of this study.
PY - 1994/5
Y1 - 1994/5
N2 - Calvert reviewed the literature on social skills and physical attractiveness and concluded that many ratings of social skill may be confounded by the physical attractiveness of the target individual, possibly due to a general perception that physical attractiveness and social competence are positively correlated. In order to examine the influence of physical attractiveness on social skill ratings, Ss made global ratings of social skill and attractiveness for a confederate whose appearance and behavior had been altered to appear attractive or unattractive and socially skilled or unskilled in an assertiveness and heterosocial vignette. The results indicated that the same skilled behavior was viewed as more competent when performed by an attractive person compared to an unattractive person. Attractiveness had no influence on ratings of generally incompetent behavior. Thus, it appears that physical attractiveness does not compensate for poor interpersonal skills, but a skilled, attractive individual may be judged to have particularly good skills. Implications for the assessment of social skills are discussed.
AB - Calvert reviewed the literature on social skills and physical attractiveness and concluded that many ratings of social skill may be confounded by the physical attractiveness of the target individual, possibly due to a general perception that physical attractiveness and social competence are positively correlated. In order to examine the influence of physical attractiveness on social skill ratings, Ss made global ratings of social skill and attractiveness for a confederate whose appearance and behavior had been altered to appear attractive or unattractive and socially skilled or unskilled in an assertiveness and heterosocial vignette. The results indicated that the same skilled behavior was viewed as more competent when performed by an attractive person compared to an unattractive person. Attractiveness had no influence on ratings of generally incompetent behavior. Thus, it appears that physical attractiveness does not compensate for poor interpersonal skills, but a skilled, attractive individual may be judged to have particularly good skills. Implications for the assessment of social skills are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0005-7967(94)90011-6
DO - 10.1016/0005-7967(94)90011-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 8192645
AN - SCOPUS:0028206886
SN - 0005-7967
VL - 32
SP - 463
EP - 469
JO - Behaviour Research and Therapy
JF - Behaviour Research and Therapy
IS - 4
ER -