Physical appearance, attractiveness, and the mediating role of emotions

Love, Romance, Sexual Interaction: Research Perspectives from Current Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 1-29

  Mehrabian, Albert ^a   Blum, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781351309561-1     Document Type: Chapter

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