Playboy Playmate curves: Changes in facial and body feature preferences across social and economic conditions

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1186-1197

  Pettijohn II, Terry F ^a   Jungeberg, Brian J ^a  

^a MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body features; Environmental security; Facial features; Physical appearance; Physical attraction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMATOTYPE; UNITED STATES; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BEAUTY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOTYPES; UNITED STATES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 4344608032     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204264078     Document Type: Article

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