‘Unattractive, So Hopeless?’ Feelings of Physical Unattractiveness and Hopelessness among Senior High Students

This study sought to investigate the influence of feelings of unattractiveness on hopelessness among adolescents. Using the cross-sectional survey design, total of 150 participants from two categories of senior high schools were sampled for the study. To achieve the aim for this study, the interacti...

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Main Authors:	Gloria Baaba Aggrey, Nkansah Anakwah, Jacob Owusu Sarfo
Format:	Article
Language:	Russian
Published:	Academic Publishing House Researcher 2016-09-01
Series:	Evropejskij Issledovatelʹ
Subjects:	attractiveness unattractiveness hopelessness hopefulness gender religiosity senior high school student
Online Access:	http://www.erjournal.ru/journals_n/1475241235.pdf

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spelling	doaj-be1f085a63b74bb49680e4de998a8f3a2020-11-25T01:02:24ZrusAcademic Publishing House ResearcherEvropejskij Issledovatelʹ2219-82292224-01362016-09-01110950050710.13187/er.2016.110.500‘Unattractive, So Hopeless?’ Feelings of Physical Unattractiveness and Hopelessness among Senior High StudentsGloria Baaba Aggrey0Nkansah Anakwah1Jacob Owusu Sarfo2University of Ghana, Ghana University of Ghana, Ghana University of Cape Coast, GhanaThis study sought to investigate the influence of feelings of unattractiveness on hopelessness among adolescents. Using the cross-sectional survey design, total of 150 participants from two categories of senior high schools were sampled for the study. To achieve the aim for this study, the interaction effect of the following on hopelessness was investigated: gender and perceived attractiveness, school and perceived attractiveness and, religiosity and perceived attractiveness. Results showed that there was a significant positive relationship between perceived physical attractiveness and hopefulness. Implications of findings are discussed.http://www.erjournal.ru/journals_n/1475241235.pdfattractivenessunattractivenesshopelessnesshopefulnessgenderreligiositysenior high schoolstudent
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spellingShingle	Gloria Baaba Aggrey Nkansah Anakwah Jacob Owusu Sarfo ‘Unattractive, So Hopeless?’ Feelings of Physical Unattractiveness and Hopelessness among Senior High Students Evropejskij Issledovatelʹ attractiveness unattractiveness hopelessness hopefulness gender religiosity senior high school student
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title	‘Unattractive, So Hopeless?’ Feelings of Physical Unattractiveness and Hopelessness among Senior High Students
title_short	‘Unattractive, So Hopeless?’ Feelings of Physical Unattractiveness and Hopelessness among Senior High Students
title_full	‘Unattractive, So Hopeless?’ Feelings of Physical Unattractiveness and Hopelessness among Senior High Students
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publisher	Academic Publishing House Researcher
series	Evropejskij Issledovatelʹ
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publishDate	2016-09-01
description	This study sought to investigate the influence of feelings of unattractiveness on hopelessness among adolescents. Using the cross-sectional survey design, total of 150 participants from two categories of senior high schools were sampled for the study. To achieve the aim for this study, the interaction effect of the following on hopelessness was investigated: gender and perceived attractiveness, school and perceived attractiveness and, religiosity and perceived attractiveness. Results showed that there was a significant positive relationship between perceived physical attractiveness and hopefulness. Implications of findings are discussed.
topic	attractiveness unattractiveness hopelessness hopefulness gender religiosity senior high school student
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‘Unattractive, So Hopeless?’ Feelings of Physical Unattractiveness and Hopelessness among Senior High Students

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