Perceptions of Health and Attractiveness
| Autor: | Tovah Yanover, J. Kevin Thompson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Attractiveness Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group Overweight Human physical appearance Developmental psychology Young Adult Sex Factors Social Desirability Sex factors Perception Body Image Ethnicity medicine Humans Applied Psychology media_common Social perception Muscles Middle Aged Adipose Tissue Body Composition Female medicine.symptom Underweight Psychology Attitude to Health Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health Psychology. 15:1039-1048 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7277 1359-1053 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1359105309360426 |
| Popis: | Three hundred and thirty-three participants rated the health and attractiveness of schematic figures varying in muscularity, adiposity, gender, and race. In general, overweight and underweight figures were rated as less healthy and attractive. However, overweight figures with high levels of muscularity were rated more highly on these dimensions than figures with less muscularity. Females assigned higher attractiveness ratings than males; African Americans provided higher ratings than Caucasians and Hispanics for female figures and lower ratings than Caucasian and Hispanic raters for male figures. Theoretical explanations and applied implications are offered. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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