Does financial security influence judgements of female physical attractiveness?

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1363-1370

  Swami, Viren ^a   Tovée, Martin J ^b   Furnham, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body shape; Body weight; Financial satisfaction; Physical attractiveness; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449143940     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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