The influence of pathogen threat on men’s waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and body mass index (BMI) preferences
| Autor: | Cahill, Liam, Cristino, Filipe, Marriott, Michael, Dunn, Andrew |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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body shape
Cognition and Perception experimental body perception attractiveness Cognitive Psychology experimental psychology body perception psychology Social and Behavioral Sciences person perception FOS: Psychology cognitive Applied Behavior Analysis body shape preferences preferences evolutionary psychology |
| DOI: | 10.17605/osf.io/hvuqk |
| Popis: | Evidence has suggested that when men and women experience situational cues that prime for pathogen threat, they experience motivation changes and desire contact with healthier prospective mates (Jones et al., 2013; Little et al., 2011). This, in turn, increases a preference for traits signalling health (DeBruine et al., 2010). Research has predominantly focused on facial preferences, with some studies showing that women preferred men with more masculine faces when primed with pathogen concerns (Ainsworth & Maner, 2019). However, comparatively less research has been conducted concerning men's preferences for bodies following pathogen threat. Lee et al. (2015) showed that pathogen sensitivity (rather than priming for pathogen threat) did increase men's preferences for lower WHR (but not BMI). The likely explanation for this lack of effect regarding BMI was that the authors included bodies that only varied within the average BMI range. No research to date has examined whether priming men with pathogen threat influences their WHR and BMI preferences. This examination was the purpose of this research. We predicted that men primed with pathogen threat would show enhanced preferences toward 0.7WHR and average BMI - generally the most attractive and healthy WHRs and BMIs. As pathogen threat primarily instils a desire to avoid people deemed unhealthy, we also predicted diminished preferences for 1.0WHR and emaciated BMI - the least attractive and healthy WHRs and BMIs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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