Like past editions, this ninth edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences
is a user-friendly introduction to the study of social inequality. This book conveys the …

Mobile dating apps are popular platforms to initiate romantic relationships that provide
several means for idealized self-presentation—such as the possibility to modify one's photos …

Recently, the cryptocurrency market has been overgrowing, many investors from the global
stock market entered the cryptocurrency business. Users interact and manage their …

A well-documented “beauty is good” stereotype is expressed in the expectation that
physically attractive people have more positive characteristics. Recent evidence has also …

This study explores the bi-directional relationship between attractiveness and prosocial
behavior. While it is known that we often expect attractive people to act more prosocial, this …

Objective Physical attractiveness is often studied in relation to various life outcomes, but
there is a lack of research on its links to intergenerational educational, occupational, and …

Social comparison is a common behavior that largely determines people's experience of
decision outcome. Previous research has showed that interpersonal relationship plays a …

This work identifies the differences in the relevance of online endorsers' physical
attractiveness and expertise depending on whether an endorsed product is related to …

While there already is a huge body of research examining the advantages and
disadvantages of physical attractiveness in social and economic decisions, little research …

This study examines the impact of doctors' facial attractiveness on users' choices in online
health communities (OHCs). We conducted a field study using a sample of 14,897 doctors …