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  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Perception

Background:

  • Group attractiveness effects, like the cheerleader effect, suggest faces are more attractive in groups.
  • These effects may stem from contrastive processes, where individual attractiveness is judged against the group average.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if highly attractive friends can decrease an individual's perceived attractiveness (reverse cheerleader effect).
  • To explore how an individual's own attractiveness moderates these friend effects.
  • To examine how group presence influences perceptions of facial averageness and distinctiveness.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments tested the impact of attractive friends on perceived attractiveness.
  • A third experiment assessed shifts in perceived facial averageness and distinctiveness.
  • Hierarchical encoding and contrastive processes were analyzed as underlying mechanisms.

Main Results:

  • Highly attractive friends were found to decrease an individual's perceived attractiveness, demonstrating a reverse cheerleader effect.
  • Individual attractiveness moderated these effects, with less attractive individuals benefiting more from less attractive groups.
  • Group presence altered perceptions of facial averageness and distinctiveness, linking to observed friend effects.

Conclusions:

  • Friend effects on attractiveness are complex, encompassing both positive (group attractiveness) and negative (reverse cheerleader effect) influences.
  • Hierarchical encoding and contrastive processes are key mechanisms driving these effects.
  • The Friend Effects Framework unifies these positive and negative social influences on perceived attractiveness and facial distinctiveness.