Differences between perceived age and chronological age in women: A multi-ethnic and multi-centre study

Autor(en)

Rainer Voegeli, Rotraut Schoop, Elodie Prestat-Marquis, Anthony Rawlings, Todd Shackelford, Bernhard Fink

Abstrakt

Objective: Accuracy in assessing age from facial cues is important in social
perception given reports of strong negative correlations between perceived age
and assessments of health and attractiveness. In a multi-ethnic and multi-centre study, we previously documented similar patterns of female facial age assessments across ethnicities, influenced by gender and ethnicity of assessors.
Methods: Here we extend these findings by examining differences between
estimated age from digital portraits and chronological age (Δ age) for 180 women from three age groups (20–34, 35–49, 50–66 years) and five ethnicities (36 images of each ethnicity, assessed for age on a continuous scale by 120 female and male raters of each ethnicity).
Results: Across ethnicities, Δ age was smallest in French assessors and largest
in South African assessors. Numerically, French women were judged oldest and
Chinese women youngest relative to chronological age. In younger women, Δ age
was larger than in middle-aged and older women. This effect was particularly
evident when considering the interaction of women's age with assessor gender
and ethnicity, independently and together, on Δ age.
Conclusion: Collectively, our findings suggest that accuracy in assessments of
female age from digital portraits depends on the chronological age and ethnicity
of the photographed women and the ethnicity and gender of the assessor. We
discuss the findings concerning ethnic variation in skin pigmentation and visible
signs of ageing and comment on implications for cosmetic science.

Organisation(en)

Department für Evolutionäre Anthropologie

Externe Organisation(en)

DSM Nutritional Products AG, Biosocial Science Information, Newtone Technologies, AVR Consulting Ltd, Oakland University

Journal

International Journal of Cosmetic Science

Band

43

Seiten

547-560

Anzahl der Seiten

14

ISSN

0142-5463

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/ics.12727

Publikationsdatum

10-2021

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501030 Kognitionswissenschaft, 106056 Biologische Anthropologie, 501004 Differentielle Psychologie, 302020 Gerontologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Drug Discovery, Chemistry (miscellaneous), Ageing, Dermatology, Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/19f35f79-d923-49ae-af6c-4e43ff15f439