{"id":1833368,"date":"2023-02-02T19:19:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T00:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833368"},"modified":"2023-02-02T19:19:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T00:19:57","slug":"people-who-think-themselves-unattractive-more-likely-to-keep-wearing-masks-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-who-think-themselves-unattractive-more-likely-to-keep-wearing-masks-study-says\/","title":{"rendered":"People Who Think Themselves Unattractive More Likely To Keep Wearing Masks, Study Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpeople-who-think-themselves-unattractive-more-likely-to-keep-wearing-masks-study-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833368&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>A trio of studies found that people who believe they are less attractive were more likely than others to wear masks.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2023.1084941\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report<\/a> This conclusion was drawn from three studies done by the Seoul National University Center for Happiness Studies and Department of Psychology. Two studies showed that people who believed they were attractive were less willing to put on a mask. They also believed that wearing a mask made them more beautiful. In the third study, they believed that masks made them look better in situations where they were required to give a positive impression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResearch shows that individuals who perceive themselves as more (vs. less) attractive possess more socially desirable attributes \u2026 have higher self-esteem \u2026 and enjoy better mental and physical health,\u201d According to the study.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study, \u201cas essential cues that signal (un) attractiveness (e.g., facial symmetry) \u2026 can be censored with a mask, mask-wearing might critically influence how one\u2019s attractiveness is perceived. \u2026 relatively unattractive individuals are deemed more attractive with masks \u2026 previous findings suggest that mask-wearing enhances perceived attractiveness among unattractive individuals, while the opposite is true for attractive individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the study, South Korea has the highest level of term usage. \u201cma-gi-kkun,\u201d The term was used to describe people who deliberately wore masks to make a positive impression. \u201cmask-fisher\u201d The same thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect that individuals who perceive themselves as attractive (unattractive) will be less (more) likely to endorse the belief that wearing a mask\u00a0<em>enhances<\/em>\u00a0their perceived attractiveness,\u201d According to the study, the conclusion is: \u201cOur results consistently demonstrated that self-perceived unattractive individuals were more willing to wear a mask, as they believed it would benefit their attractiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-11702641\/Unattractive-people-likely-continue-wearing-Covid-face-masks-study-suggests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> The study&#8217;s participants were all Americans who had been recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Their average age was 33.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ipsos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/news-polls\/axios-ipsos-coronavirus-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report<\/a> About half of those surveyed said they had worn masks since December. \u201cat all times or sometimes when on an airplane.\u201d 39% of respondents stated they wore a mask at all times, sometimes on public transportation, in a rideshare or in public transportation. 33% claimed they wore a mask at all times and sometimes in grocery shops. 85% of respondents stated that the COVID-19 disease would not disappear during their lifetime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report comprised of three studies showed that people who thought they were less attractive were more likely to wear masks. The report was derived from three studies conducted by the Department of Psychology and Center for Happiness Studies at Seoul National University in South Korea. 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