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Factors associated with discrepancy between self-rated and other-rated attractiveness
Benešová, Dominika ; Štěrbová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Třebický, Vít (referee)
Self-rated attractiveness plays an important role in person's well-being or mate choice. In some individuals, their self-rating doesn't match how they are rated by others, which can be a sign of their overrating or underrating. This bachelor thesis presents mechanisms, which can lead to the discrepancy between self-rated and other-rated attractiveness as well as individual factors which moderate the degree of this discrepancy. Theoretical introduction firstly describes general mechanisms which lead to the discrepancy in self- rating on the level of motivation, cognition and emotions. Then it presents biases that emerge in own body perception. Subsequently, it summarises the findings of previous research on the discrepancy between self-rated and other-rated attractiveness. The last part focuses on psychological factors, that can be associated with different degrees of this discrepancy. This thesis also contains a research proposal that builds on the theoretical introduction and its main aim is to test hypotheses about the role of presented individual factors (self-esteem, narcissism, body dissatisfaction) in the degree of discrepancy between self-rated and other-rated attractiveness. Empirical evidence explaining the origin of this discrepancy is currently very limited. Therefore, possible new...
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