The scheming and calculating anti-heroine, Rebecca Crawley, Sharp with her former name, is one of the female protagonists portrayed by William Makepeace Thackeray in his novel, Vanity Fair (1848). As an amoral woman disadvantageous origins, she has desire to become a respectful influential person. However, on way achieving ambition, love money for higher social status lead commit several crimes...

This study explores the consumer behavior of university students in Delhi-NCR region toward purchasing luxury skin care products, focusing on impact vanity, brand equity, loyalty, awareness, and perceived quality their purchase intention. The rapid growth skincare market India, coupled with increased spending power influence younger generation, makes it vital to understand factors driving decis...

OBJECTIVE Body weight and age constitute main determinants of body image in women. We analyzed the role of narcissism as a moderator of body image in young women representing various extremes of body weight. METHODS The study included 325 women between 18 and 35 years, qualified into three BMI categories: obese women (BMI > 30.0, n = 72), severely underweight women who did not satisfy the rem...

We propose an opinion dynamics model that combines processes of vanity and opinion propagation. The interactions take place between randomly chosen pairs. During an interaction, the agents propagate their opinions about themselves and about other people they know. Moreover, each individual is subject to vanity: if her interlocutor seems to value her highly, then she increases her opinion about ...