Physical stature influences character perception in women

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1927-1934

  Chu, Simon ^a   Geary, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Character; Female; Height; Person perception; Personality; Stature; Tallness

Indexed keywords

EID: 17344371808     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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