"Shades of beauty": Examining the relationship of skin color to perceptions of physical attractiveness

Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-179

  Frisby, Cynthia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising images; African American images in advertising; Physical attractiveness; Skin color; Skin tone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; RACE; SKIN COLOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; ESTHETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750965302     PISSN: 07366825     EISSN: 10988793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-950174     Document Type: Article

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