The preschoolers also associated success and kindness with certain body types.
found that kids begin to believe in the concept of beauty-related happiness as preschoolers. Working with 680 five year olds , researcher Małgorzata Lipowska and her team used a pictorial scale of three silhouettes to understand how children associate different body types with perceptions of happiness and social success .
The results indicated that obese bodies were seen as unattractive, independent of gender, and that children associated looks with happiness. Findings also illustrated that preschoolers already perceive female bodies along gender stereotypical lines and that women with slim bodies, as well as those of normal weight, are happier than those who are considered obese.
When it came to judging which figure was the smartest, the children did not seem to associate looks with intelligence, especially for female silhouettes.The preschool period is a crucial point in the development of attitudes towards beauty and body image, and this study suggests that children show signs of body stigmatization very young.
Researchers added, “there is a difference between knowledge regarding stereotypes and stereotypical beliefs: children may exhibit knowledge of stereotypes independently of whether they believe the stereotypes are appropriate.”
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