TREAD carefully – your shoes are a dead giveaway to your personality, according to new research.
Psychologists found the style, cost, colour and condition of someone’s footwear are a window to the soul.
Shoes that may be old but immaculate are for conscientious types.
Practical shoes are worn by agreeable people, ankle boots by aggressive types, while calm people wear stylish and costly if sometimes uncomfortable shoes.
Liberal individuals, like old hippies, really do wear scruffy sandals.
High earners and fashion-conscious celebrities such as Victoria Beckham will inevitably go for the most expensive brands, while flashy or colourful footwear are the preserve of extroverts.
Dozens of students were asked to look at photographs of more than 200 different pairs of shoes belonging to volunteers who filled in a personality questionnaire.
Shoes that may be old but immaculate are for conscientious types.
Practical shoes are worn by agreeable people, ankle boots by aggressive types, while calm people wear stylish and costly if sometimes uncomfortable shoes.
Liberal individuals, like old hippies, really do wear scruffy sandals.
High earners and fashion-conscious celebrities such as Victoria Beckham will inevitably go for the most expensive brands, while flashy or colourful footwear are the preserve of extroverts.
Dozens of students were asked to look at photographs of more than 200 different pairs of shoes belonging to volunteers who filled in a personality questionnaire.
he students were then asked to guess the gender, age, social status of the owners, as well as their emotional stability and agreeableness.
Results of the US study at the University of Kansas were hailed as 90 per cent accurate about a wearer’s personality traits.
However, volunteers didn’t guess the most boring shoes belong to those who “found it hard to form relationships”.
“Shoes serve a practical purpose and also serve as non-verbal cues with symbolic messages,” the researchers told the Journal of Research in Personality.
“Because of their variety, do shoes carry individual difference information? We suggest: Yes.”
Results of the US study at the University of Kansas were hailed as 90 per cent accurate about a wearer’s personality traits.
However, volunteers didn’t guess the most boring shoes belong to those who “found it hard to form relationships”.
“Shoes serve a practical purpose and also serve as non-verbal cues with symbolic messages,” the researchers told the Journal of Research in Personality.
“Because of their variety, do shoes carry individual difference information? We suggest: Yes.”
No comments:
Post a Comment