Perceptions and meta-perceptions of self and partner physical attractiveness

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 811-814

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Waters, Lauren ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Love styles; Meta perceptions; Partner perceptions; Physical attractiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955921663     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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