Murphy, Rachel and Murphy, Carol and Kelly, Michelle and Roche, Bryan (2021) Using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) to Examine Implicit Beauty Bias in the Context of Employability. The Psychological Record, 71 (3). pp. 423-433. ISSN 0033-2933

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Attractiveness bias has been well-documented in social domains, however, an investigation into the attractiveness-bias effect on employability has not been conducted using implicit measures. In Study 1 (N = 24) the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) and a number of explicit measures (e.g., self-report questionnaires) were used to investigate the attractiveness-bias effect on employability using stimuli of high and low attractiveness. Results from Study 1 indicated that there was a significant bias in the direction of attractive-employable on explicit and implicit measures. In Study 2, (N = 52) these measures were used to investigate the attractiveness-bias effect on employability using stimuli of high and medium attractiveness. Results from Study 2 indicated that there was a significant bias in the direction of attractive-employable on explicit measures and a significant bias in the direction of attractive-employable and medium-attractive-unemployable on implicit measures. There was no effect of participant gender on D-scores for either study. Findings are discussed in relation to previous research and implications for the use of implicit measurement to measure attractiveness bias in the domain of employability.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: Murphy, R., Murphy, C., Kelly, M. et al. Using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) to Examine Implicit Beauty Bias in the Context of Employability. Psychol Rec 71, 423–433 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-020-00427-w Copyright: Accepted Version [pathway b] 12mPublisher's Bespoke License Institutional Repository, Funder Designated Location
Keywords:	implicit attitudes; IRAP; attractiveness bias; employability; RFT;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
Item ID:	16306
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-020-00427-w
Depositing User:	Dr. Bryan Roche
Date Deposited:	13 Jul 2022 09:12
Journal or Publication Title:	The Psychological Record
Publisher:	Springer link
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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