Variable preferences for sexual dimorphism in stature (SDS): Further evidence for an adjustment in relation to own height

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2249-2257

  Fink, Bernhard ^a   Neave, Nick ^b   Brewer, Gayle ^c   Pawlowski, Boguslaw ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^e INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Height; Humans; Mate preference; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548857345     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Bogaert A.F. Physical development and sexual orientation in women: Height, weight, and age of puberty comparison. Personality and Individual Differences 24 (1997) 115-121
2. Botwin M.D., Buss D.M., and Shackelford T.K. Personality and mate preference: Five factors in mate selection and marital satisfaction. Journal of Personality 65 (1997) 107-136
3. Buss D.M. Sex differences in human mate-preferences: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 12 (1989) 1-49
4. Buss D.M., and Barnes M. Preferences in human mate-selection. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 50 (1986) 559-570
5. Buss D.M., and Schmitt D.P. Sexual strategies theory: An evolutionary perspective on human mating. Psychological Review 100 (1993) 204-232
6. Cawley J., Joyner K., and Sobal J. Size matters - The influence of adolescents' weight and height on dating and sex. Rationality and Society 18 (2006) 67-94
7. Dieckmann K.-P., and Pichlmeier U. Is risk of testicular cancer related to body size?. European Urology 42 (2002) 564-569
8. Fan J., Dai W., Liu F., and Wu J. Visual perception of male body attractiveness. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 272 (2005) 219-226
9. Gangestad S.W., and Simpson J.A. The evolution of human mating: Trade-offs and strategic pluralism. Behavioral Brain Sciences 23 (2000) 573-587
10. Gillis J.S., and Avis W.E. The male-taller norm in mate selection. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 6 (1980) 391-401
11. Grammer K., Fink B., Møller A.P., and Thornhill R. Darwinian aesthetics: Sexual selection and the biology of beauty. Biological Reviews 78 (2003) 385-407
12. Gray J.P., and Wolfe L.D. Height and sexual dimorphism of stature among human societies. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 53 (1980) 441-456
13. Graziano W., Brothen T., and Berscheid E. Height and attraction: Do men and women see eye-to-eye?. Journal of Personality 46 (1978) 128-145
14. Harper B. Beauty, stature and the labour market: A British cohort study. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 62 (2000) 771-800
15. Hilakivi-Clarke L., Forsen T., Eriksson J.G., Luoto R., Tuomilehto J., Osmond C., et al. Tallness and overweight during childhood have opposing effects on breast cancer risk. British Journal of Cancer 85 (2001) 1680-1684
16. Himes J.H., and Roche A.F. Reported versus measured adult statures. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58 (1982) 335-341
17. Kassarjian H. Voting intentions and political perception. Journal of Psychology 56 (1963) 85-88
18. Kirchengast S. Differential reproductive success and body size in !Kung San people from northern Namibia. Collegium Antropologicum 24 (2000) 121-132
19. Kirchengast S., and Winkler E.-M. Differential reproductive success and body dimensions in Kavango males from urban and rural areas in Northern Namibia. Human Biology 67 (1995) 291-309
20. Lynn M., and Shurgot B.A. Responses to lonely hearts advertisements: Effects of reported physical attractiveness, physique, and coloration. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 10 (1984) 349-357
21. McManus I.C., and Mascie-Taylor C.G. Human assortative mating for height: Non-linearity and heteroscedasticity. Human Biology 56 (1984) 617-623
22. Melamed T. Personality correlates of physical height. Personality & Individual Differences 13 (1992) 1349-1350
23. Nettle D. Women's height, reproductive success and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in modern humans. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269 (2002) 1919-1923
24. Pawlowski B. The biological meaning of preferences on the human mate market. Przeglad Antropologiczny-Anthropological Review 63 (2000) 39-72
25. Pawlowski B. Variable preferences for sexual dimorphism in height as a strategy for increasing the pool of potential partners in humans. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270 (2003) 709-712
26. Pawlowski B., Dunbar R.I.M., and Lipowicz A. Tall men have more reproductive success. Nature 403 (2000) 156
27. Pawlowski B., and Jasienska G. Women's preferences for sexual dimorphism in height depend on menstrual cycle phase and expected duration of relationship. Biological Psychology 70 (2005) 38-43
28. Pierce C.A. Body height and romantic attraction: A meta-analytic test of male-taller norm. Social Behaviour and Personality 24 (1996) 143-149
29. Rhodes G. The evolutionary psychology of facial beauty. Annual Review of Psychology 57 (2006) 199-226
30. Sandberg D.E., Bukowski W.M., Fung C.M., and Noll R.B. Height and social adjustment: Are extremes a cause for concern and action?. Pediatrics 114 (2004) 744-750
31. Sear R. Height and reproductive success. How a Gambian population compares with the West. Human Nature 17 (2006) 405-418
32. Shepperd J.A., and Strathman A.J. Attractiveness and height. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 15 (1989) 617-627
33. Silventoinen K., Kaprio J., Lahelma E., Viken R.J., and Rose R.J. Assortative mating by body height and BMI: Finnish twins and their spouses. American Journal of Human Biology 15 (2003) 620-627
34. Spuhler J.N. Assortative mating with respect to physical characteristics. Social Biology 29 (1982) 53-66
35. Sugiyama L.S. Is beauty in the context-sensitive adaptations of the beholder? Shiwiar use of waist-to-hip ratio in assessments of female mate value. Evolution and Human Behavior 25 (2004) 51-62
36. Sugiyama L.S. Physical attractiveness in adaptationist perspective. In: Buss D.M. (Ed). The handbook of evolutionary psychology (2005), Wiley, New York
37. Sunder M. Physical stature and intelligence as predictors of the timing of baby boomers' very first dates. Journal of Biosocial Science 38 (2006) 821-833
38. Weisfeld G.E., and Weisfeld C.C. Marriage: An evolutionary perspective. Neuroendocrinology Letters 23 Suppl. 4 (2002) 47-54