Reconsidering the double standard of aging: Effects of gender and sexual orientation on facial attractiveness ratings

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 631-639

  Teuscher, Ursina ^a   Teuscher, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age preference; Attractiveness; Double standard of aging; Gender; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845475212     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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