Assessing the cuteness of children: Significant factors and gender differences

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1087-1100

  Koyama, Reiko ^a   Takahashi, Yuwen ^b   Mori, Kazuo ^b  

^a Funai Electric Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assessment of cuteness; Factors of cuteness; Five year olds; Gender; Japanese children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751431187     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.9.1087     Document Type: Article

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