Facial scarring enhances men's attractiveness for short-term relationships

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-217

  Burriss, Robert P ^a   Rowland, Hannah M ^a   Little, Anthony C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disfigurement; Facial attractiveness; Long term short term; Mate choice; Scarring

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649099040     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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