I'm hot, so i'd say you're not: The influence of objective physical attractiveness on mate selection

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1315-1331

  Montoya, R Matthew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Matching hypothesis; Mate selection; Physical attractiveness; Rejection; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COURTSHIP; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEAUTY; BODY CONSTITUTION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PILOT PROJECTS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 51049116862     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208320387     Document Type: Article

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