ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
How environmental cues shape human face value perceptions-an exploration based on grounded theory.
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Abstract
A high level of physical attractiveness can confer significant economic resources and behavioural advantages in social development, leading to increasing attention on the 'appearance economy'. While evaluations of attractiveness lack uniform standards, it is intriguing that the public exhibits a high degree of consensus regarding who qualifies as 'highly attractive'. This phenomenon suggests an underlying, discernible logic within aesthetic judgements. Faced with the escalating prevalence of 'appearance capitalism', there is an academic imperative to provide a theoretical interpretation of 'physical attractiveness', particularly to clarify the underlying logic of its aesthetic judgments. To explore this logic, this paper employs a Grounded Theory methodology. Through in-depth interviews with 35 participants from diverse backgrounds and genders, and following a three-tiered analytical process of open, axial, and selective coding, the data were analysed and refined. Empirical analysis of the interview data reveals that the essence of 'facial attractiveness' lies in a symbolically represented system jointly constructed by multiple environmental factors. This system comprises three intertextual dimensions: (1) a
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