Physical appearance, attractiveness, and the mediating role of emotions |
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Authors: | Albert Mehrabian and Jeffrey S Blum |
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Institution: | (1) University of California, Los Angeles |
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Abstract: | Determinants of physical attractiveness were investigated in a study employing U.S. college students of both genders. Five
factors were derived from a study of 37 stable and changeable physical features: Masculinity (strength, larger body and chest,
broader chin), Femininity (longer hair, make-up, larger and rounder eyes), Self-care (overall grooming, shapely figure, flat
stomach, erect posture, fitted clothes), Pleasantness (friendly, happy, babyish face), and Ethnicity. Factor analytic results
did not support a priori (and nonstatistical) groupings of babyish facial features by investigators who use this concept.
Self-care, Masculinity (Femininity), and Pleasantness were positive correlates of male (female) attractiveness. Attractiveness
was described parsimoniously in terms of emotions: more attractive targets elicited more pleasure, more arousal, and less
dominance (or more submissiveness) from others. Men and women reacted in essentially similar ways in rating others’ attractiveness.
Statistical tests showed that emotional reactions mediated relations of the independent variables (physical features) to the dependent variables (judgments of attractiveness). |
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