Appearance based rejection sensitivity. Psychology report made for Introduction to psychology class for BBA

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Appearance-based Rejection Sensitivity
Presented By:
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Izhar Ahmed Khan
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Natasha Zahid Maqbool
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Zehra Nadeem
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Varda Bilal
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Maham Bilal

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What is Appearance?
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Appearance is how someone or something looks like.
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Topics related to appearance have been under consideration
since centuries.
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Appearance has been given immense importance and taken
care of by not only females but also males.
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The aim of out study was to find out how sensitive college
students are towards rejection due to the way they looked.

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What is Appearance-based
Rejection Sensitivity?
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Appearance-based Rejection Sensitivity (Appearance-RS) is a
personality processing system characterized by anxious
concerns and expectations about being rejected based on
one's physical attractiveness.
People differ in their sensitivity rejection based on appearance.
Physically attractive people have a higher self-esteem.

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Researches & Theories
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Many researches have been conducted by different
researchers related to this topic.
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Research by Julie McLachlan, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck
and Leanne McGregor suggests that rejection is subject to
anxious and angry expectations of rejection.
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According to Doyle & Markiewicz, it is important for a child to
gain support from parents as it develops their confidence and
self-esteem.
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Another research conducted by McDonald and his colleagues
suggested that good relations with friends and family helps
individuals cope better with rejection.

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Hypothesis
 Gender has a significant
effect on how much and
individual is anxious and
concerned about his
appearance and how other
people would think of him.
 Age is also a factor that has
an effect on how much an
individual is anxious and
concerned about his
appearance and how he
expects other people would
think of him.

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Methodology
SAMPLE
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Students of a business university.
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All belonging to Bachelors program.
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Questionnaire was handed to each.
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Out of 50, 47 responded to the questionnaire.
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Questionnaires
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Male
46.8%
53.2%
Female

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Methodology
DATA COLLECTION
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Adopted questionnaire of Downey and Feldman (1996).
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Measures rejection sensitivity due to appearance.
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In the questionnaire 5 situations were given to the participants
in which they had to imagine themselves and indicate their
concerns and expectation of rejection.
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Example of a situation mentioned in the questionnaire: You are
trying on clothes at a department store and you notice that you
are five pounds heavier than last wee.
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Concern and expectation recorded separately on a scale of 1 to
6 points. (1=Very unconcerned & 6=Very concerned)

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Methodology
PROCEDURE
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Questionnaires given out to students.
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Took about 7-10 minutes to fill up.
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Dependent variable – Appearance-based Rejection Sensitivity
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Independent variable – Gender & Age

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Results
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Appearance-RS is based on gender and age of an individual.
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Appearance-RS between females is higher as compared to
males.
Frequency
Distribution
N
Mean
Standard
Deviation
Male
22
11.7
3.6
Female
25
13.5
0.5

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Results also proves the second hypothesis.
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Individuals of ages 18-21 are more sensitive compared to
individuals between 21-24 about rejection due to appearance.
Frequency
Distribution
N
Mean
Standard
Deviation
18-21
25
13
4.8
21-24
22
10.2
7.9

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Conclusion
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After study as a whole, it is evident that there is a difference
between males and females.
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Female students have more anxious concern and expectations
about their appearance as compared to male students.
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Age, however, does not play a vital role but does have some
effect on how anxious concerns and expectations university
students have.

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Future Research & Considerations
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There were several limitations of this study.
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There were not ample students who filled out the questionnaire.
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Research conducted in only one business university.

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