Maxims or myths of beauty? A meta-analytic and theoretical review

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 390-414

  Langlois, Judith H ^a   Kalakanis, Lisa ^b   Rubenstein, Adam J ^b   Larson, Andrea ^b   Hallam, Monica ^b   Smoot, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESTHETICS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEAUTY; CHILD; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034184224     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.126.3.390     Document Type: Article

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