An empirical test of sex differences in the emphasis on physical attractiveness in mate selection

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 326-338

  Colwell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COURTSHIP; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLICATION; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BEAUTY; BODY CONSTITUTION; COURTSHIP; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEWSPAPERS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34548601325     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.105.1.326-338     Document Type: Article

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