外表和寿命:更漂亮的人是否活得更久?
Connor M Sheehan1, Daniel S Hamermesh2
1School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, 951 Cady Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|July 3, 2024
概括
面部吸引力与长寿有关. 被评为最不吸引人的个人面临更高的死亡风险,寿命缩短,即使考虑到健康和社会经济因素.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 人口统计学 人口统计学
- 卫生科学 卫生科学 卫生科学
背景情况:
- 社会科学家们在很大程度上忽视了身体吸引力和寿命之间的联系.
- 吸引力可以作为潜在健康的指标,并影响社会分层.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用大型的长期数据集,研究面部吸引力与寿命之间的关联.
- 为了确定是否吸引力预测死亡风险,独立于其他因素.
主要方法:
- 使用了威斯康星州纵向研究 (WLS) 数据 (N=8386) 与年鉴照片的吸引力评分.
- 采用Cox比例危险模型和生命表技术,使用到2022年的死亡率数据.
- 对包括学业成绩,智力,家庭背景,成人收入和中年健康等共变量进行控制.
主要成果:
- 与中间四种性别相比,最不吸引人的性别表现出明显更高的死亡风险 (HR: 1.168).
- 这种关联甚至在调整了许多社会经济和与健康有关的变量之后仍然存在.
- 在极具吸引力和平均外表的个体之间没有发现任何显著的死亡风险差异.
- 寿命表分析表明,最不吸引人的预期寿命缩短了:在20岁时,女性近2年,男性1年.
结论:
- 面部吸引力是死亡风险的重要,独立的预测因素.
- 较低的吸引力与预期寿命的减少有关,这表明潜在的生物或社会途径.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明吸引力与寿命之间的机制.
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