Abstract
OBJECTIVE: It is not clear how well evaluations made by other people correspond with self-evaluations of esteem or confidence. To address this question, we compared measurements of confidence in participants with and without dandruff METHODS: Participants with dandruff were significantly different from healthy control participants on a quality of life measure of scalp dermatitis, but not on self-evaluations of esteem or confidence. To determine whether there were differences in the evaluation of confidence by others, both groups of participants were videoed while they prepared for or gave a presentation in an interview scenario RESULTS: Raters, who were unfamiliar with the identities of the participants, evaluated confidence from the muted videos. In contrast to their self-evaluations, male participants with dandruff were rated as having lower confidence compared to participants who reported a healthy scalp CONCLUSIONS: These findings reveal a difference between explicit and implicit measures of self-esteem in men compared to women with dandruff. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. © 2017 Society of Cosmetic Scientists and the Société Française de Cosmétologie
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 457-464 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | International Journal of Cosmetic Science |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 23 May 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2017 |
Bibliographical note
The study was designed and data collected by AG, LM and AB. AG, CS and TA were involved in the data analysis and write‐up of the study. CS was supported by grants from the Australian Research Council (DP170104602, CE110001021). All authors approved the final draft of the manuscript.Keywords
- confidence
- dandruff
- first impressions
- hair treatment
- self-esteem
- skin structure