Appearance, happiness and success: ‘what is beautiful is good’

Stock, Nicola Marie

Abstract

In our beauty-obsessed world, where incessant dissatisfaction with appearance is considered to be ‘normal’, it can seem as though those with ‘good looks’ are the ones who have it all. But is it the case that being beautiful can get you further in life? Nicola Stock explores the human fascination with keeping up appearances and highlights the impact of attempting to meet modern unrealistic ideals of beauty.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2016
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jun 9, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 9, 2016
• Journal: Journal of Aesthetic Nursing
• Print ISSN: 2050-3717
• Publisher: MA Healthcare
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 27-29
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/joan.2016.5.1.27
• Keywords: appearance, happiness, body image, visible difference
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/923690
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/joan.2016.5.1.27
• Contract Date: Jun 9, 2016