TY - JOUR U1 - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed) A1 - Krys, Kuba A1 - Hansen, Karolina A1 - Xing, Cai A1 - Domínguez Espinosa, Alejandra A1 - Szarota, Piotr A1 - Morales, María Fernanda T1 - It is better to smile to women: Gender modifies perception of honesty of smiling individuals across cultures JF - International Journal of Psychology N2 - Social perception studies have revealed that smiling individuals are perceived more favourably on many communion dimensions in comparison to nonsmiling individuals. Research on gender differences in smiling habits showed that women smile more than men. In our study, we investigated this phenomena further and hypothesised that women perceive smiling individuals as more honest than men. An experiment conducted in seven countries (China, Germany, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Republic of South Africa and USA) revealed that gender may influence the perception of honesty in smiling individuals. We compared ratings of honesty made by male and female participants who viewed photos of smiling and nonsmiling people. While men and women did not differ on ratings of honesty in nonsmiling individuals, women assessed smiling individuals as more honest than men did. We discuss these results from a social norms perspective. KW - Soziale Wahrnehmung KW - Lächeln KW - Ethnopsychologie KW - Kuturvergleich KW - Geschlecht KW - Smile KW - Social perception KW - Honesty KW - Gender KW - Culture KW - Impression formation Y1 - 2015 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-91537 SN - 1464-066X SS - 1464-066X U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12087 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12087 N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: "It is better to smile to women: Gender modifies perception of honesty of smiling individuals across cultures", which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12087. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. VL - 50 IS - 2 SP - 150 EP - 154 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken, NJ ER -