Age, puberty and attractiveness judgments in adolescents

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 857-862

  Saxton, Tamsin K ^a   Kohoutova, Dagmar ^b   Craig Roberts, S ^c   Jones, Benedict C ^d   DeBruine, Lisa M ^d   Havlicek, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Averageness; Face; Masculinity; Mate choice; Physical attractiveness; Pubertal development; Symmetry; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956870712     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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