The relative contribution of profile body shape and weight to judgements of women's physical attractiveness in Britain and Malaysia

Body Image

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-396

  Swami, Viren ^a   Tovée, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cross cultural; Physical attractiveness; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COURTSHIP; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BEAUTY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALAYSIA; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 35549005954     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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