Attractive but guilty: Deliberation and the physical attractiveness bias

Psychological Reports

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 727-733

  Patry, Makc W ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADULT; BEAUTY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 50249131463     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.102.3.727-733     Document Type: Article

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