Subjective and objective measures of attractiveness and their relation to sexual behavior and sexual attitudes in university students

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-88

  Weeden, Jason ^a,b   Sabini, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Attractiveness; Religiosity; Sexual behavior; Sociosexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; COST; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SAMPLE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX; SEXUAL ATTITUDE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; THORAX; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VARIANCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AFFECT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOMATOTYPES; STUDENTS;

EID: 33846783306     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9075-x     Document Type: Article

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