Combined effects of severity of cleft impairment and facial attractiveness on social perception: an experimental study

Children and adolescents provided their impressions of stimulus faces that systematically varied in attractiveness and severity of cleft impairment. The results indicated that facial attractiveness is a consistent characteristic of cleft-impaired faces. However, facial attractiveness did not moderat...

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Published inThe Cleft palate-craniofacial journal Vol. 30; no. 1; p. 82
Main Authors Tobiasen, J M, Hiebert, J M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.1993
Subjects
Adolescent
Analysis of Variance
Child
Cleft Lip - psychology
Cleft Palate - psychology
Esthetics
Humans
Male
Photography
Social Desirability
Social Perception
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Summary:Children and adolescents provided their impressions of stimulus faces that systematically varied in attractiveness and severity of cleft impairment. The results indicated that facial attractiveness is a consistent characteristic of cleft-impaired faces. However, facial attractiveness did not moderate the negative impact of cleft impairment on social perception. Reduced severity of impairment did moderate the negativity of social perception. The implications of these findings for our understanding of the effects of cleft impairment on social perceptions are discussed.
ISSN:1055-6656
DOI:10.1597/1545-1569(1993)030<0082:CEOSOC>2.3.CO;2