If I'm not hot, Are you hot or not? Physical-attractiveness evaluations and dating preferences as a function of one's own attractiveness: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 669-677

  Lee, Leonard ^a,b   Loewenstein, George ^c   Ariely, Dan ^d   Hong, James ^e   Young, Jim ^e  

^a Uris Hall ^*  (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HOTorNOTcom   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 47649091960     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02141.x     Document Type: Article

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