Effects of Self-Esteem on Self-Viewing: An Eye-Tracking Investigation on Mirror Gazing
While some people enjoy looking at their faces in the mirror, others experience emotional distress. Despite these individual differences concerning self-viewing in the mirror, systematic investigations on this topic have not been conducted so far. The present eye-tracking study examined whether pers...
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| description | While some people enjoy looking at their faces in the mirror, others experience emotional distress. Despite these individual differences concerning self-viewing in the mirror, systematic investigations on this topic have not been conducted so far. The present eye-tracking study examined whether personality traits (self-esteem, narcissism propensity, self-disgust) are associated with gaze behavior (gaze duration, fixation count) during free mirror viewing of one’s face. Sixty-eight adults (mean age = 23.5 years; 39 females, 29 males) viewed their faces in the mirror and watched a video of an unknown person matched for gender and age (control condition) for 90 s each. The computed regression analysis showed that higher self-esteem was associated with a shorter gaze duration for both self-face and other-face. This effect may reflect a less critical evaluation of the faces. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a5e70a50093c49eebd624e08343f27102023-11-23T03:51:29ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2021-11-01111216410.3390/bs11120164Effects of Self-Esteem on Self-Viewing: An Eye-Tracking Investigation on Mirror GazingJonas Potthoff0Anne Schienle1Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, AustriaInstitute of Psychology, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, AustriaWhile some people enjoy looking at their faces in the mirror, others experience emotional distress. Despite these individual differences concerning self-viewing in the mirror, systematic investigations on this topic have not been conducted so far. The present eye-tracking study examined whether personality traits (self-esteem, narcissism propensity, self-disgust) are associated with gaze behavior (gaze duration, fixation count) during free mirror viewing of one’s face. Sixty-eight adults (mean age = 23.5 years; 39 females, 29 males) viewed their faces in the mirror and watched a video of an unknown person matched for gender and age (control condition) for 90 s each. The computed regression analysis showed that higher self-esteem was associated with a shorter gaze duration for both self-face and other-face. This effect may reflect a less critical evaluation of the faces.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/11/12/164faceself-perceptionmirroreye-trackingself-esteemself-disgust |
| spellingShingle | Jonas Potthoff Anne Schienle Effects of Self-Esteem on Self-Viewing: An Eye-Tracking Investigation on Mirror Gazing Behavioral Sciences face self-perception mirror eye-tracking self-esteem self-disgust |
| title | Effects of Self-Esteem on Self-Viewing: An Eye-Tracking Investigation on Mirror Gazing |
| title_full | Effects of Self-Esteem on Self-Viewing: An Eye-Tracking Investigation on Mirror Gazing |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Self-Esteem on Self-Viewing: An Eye-Tracking Investigation on Mirror Gazing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Self-Esteem on Self-Viewing: An Eye-Tracking Investigation on Mirror Gazing |
| title_short | Effects of Self-Esteem on Self-Viewing: An Eye-Tracking Investigation on Mirror Gazing |
| title_sort | effects of self esteem on self viewing an eye tracking investigation on mirror gazing |
| topic | face self-perception mirror eye-tracking self-esteem self-disgust |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/11/12/164 |
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