Are the beautiful good in Hollywood? An investigation of the beauty-and-goodness stereotype on film

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-80

  Smith, Stephen M ^a   McIntosh, William D ^b   Bazzini, Doris G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 85047669792     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2101_7     Document Type: Article

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