Wednesday, 15 April 2009
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Does Your Yearbook Smiling Mean A Happy Marriage?
"Psychologists have found that how much people smile in old photographs can predict their later success in marriage.In one test, the researchers looked at people's college yearbook photos, and rated their smile intensity from 1 to 10. None of the people who fell within the top 10 percent of smile strength had divorced, while within the bottom 10 percent of smilers, almost one in four had had a marriage that ended, the researchers say. (Scoring was based on the stretch in two muscles: one that pulls up on the mouth, and one that creates wrinkles around the eyes.)
In a second trial, the research team asked people over age 65 to provide photos from their childhood (the average age in the pictures was 10 years old). The researchers scored each person's smile, and found that only 11 percent of the biggest smilers had been divorced, while 31 percent of the frowners had experienced a broken marriage."
[Source]I can't really tell if this means there's hope for me or not.
Based off of this, how will your future be?p.s. speaking of yearbooks, who remembers Mrs. Munger's Class?
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I guess whether or not you're a happy person can have an effect on that.
I, personally, am just not photogenic...I'm sure that doesn't mean I won't have a happy marriage.
...yet again another sucker for statistics. You can't judge how a marriage will turn out based on a yearbook smile; the survey found that people who did have happy marriages just happened to have a better smile. It doesn't follow that way for all people, just probably in their study, which may have been loaded as a means to support their thesis. In short; HELL NO!!!
It's also very easy to fake a smile when your life is fucked up too.
So there may be a positive correlational trend. That doesn't mean there's a causal one.
(Oh, and btw: my childhood photos are almost always smiling...)
hmm that's interesting. i hate satistics though.
You can find relationships between almost everything... What's next? The percentage of people who wear jeans verses people who expierence relationship drama?
Cm ~
So this means I'll have success in marriage. Not like I really believe there's a relation between the two factors, but eh.
Ugh I am so doomed! At least my kids smile mega broadly in all their pictures... :D
What the hell? How do you rate the intensity of a smile?! and from 1-10?! My goodness, researchers should be spending their time on more valuable subjects of study.
Besides, stats are easily manipulated and I am sure there are plenty of flaws with this. Like how many subjects, whats schools they went to, where they are located, from what time period were they in college etc. etc. There are many factors.
I think this study was a time waster. What does that even mean? The way we smiled in high school certainly can't have anything to do with our future marriages.
interesting..
I guess I should be looking forward to a very happy marriage then!
My future is apparently just how I thought it would be before I read this. "Okay." I always have an "okay" smile. Don't show my teeth, tried not to stretch out my face (I have a horrible smile), so my smiles were quite lackluster. :/ Oh well.
Hmm yeah I don't see how that can mean anything at all..Some people have a fake smile for their pictures..So then what does that mean?
@bmrowland@xanga - Duh.
@xRiotGirl713x@xanga - A fake smile will measure less intensity. You can tell when a smile is fake.
i'm screwed. lol.
@bmrowland@xanga - Lol!
I think this study is stupid. YOU & your partner determine how stable or unstable your marriage will be, not some stupid study.
If this is true, I'm screwed. My yearbook pictures don't exactly scream photogenic. And my senior portrait was actually chosen and submitted by the company, not me. Yay.
But whatever. It's up to me whether or not my future marriage will work. Hah. =]
edit: This is one of the funniest correlational studies I've ever heard of.
I never smile on my childhood pictures and in my yearbook pictures, ugh, it's not a smile - it was more of a smirk. But I've been married for three years and I don't think a "smile" will determine whether or not you're going to have a successful marriage or not.
I don't believe it lol.
And I have like... half a smile in most of my pictures.
Do people get paid to do this kind of work? Because that's seriously messed up.
what is you dont smile in yearbook pics? lol
hun i wouldnt go off of your future by that stuff....