Hormonal and morphological predictors of women's body attractiveness
Hormonal and morphological predictors of women's body attractiveness
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DOI：
10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.01.001
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发表时间：
2014-05-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Roney, James R.
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作者：
Grillot, Rachel L.;Simmons, Zachary L.;Roney, James R.
女性的身体吸引力能预测生殖能力吗？之前的研究已经提供了证据表明，大乳房尺寸和低腰臀比（WHR）与女性的雌激素和孕酮浓度呈正相关，但以前的研究似乎没有直接测试女性身体吸引力的评级是否通过在月经周期的广泛区域测量的卵巢激素浓度较高来预测。在这里，我们从一个年轻女性的样本中收集了1-2个月经周期的每日唾液样本;分析了样本中的雌二醇，孕酮和睾酮;获得了女性身体的人体测量数据;还从她们穿着标准化服装拍摄的照片中获得了女性身体的吸引力评级，面部被遮住。与以前的研究相反，平均激素浓度与乳房大小和WHR无关。身体质量指数（BMI）是身体吸引力评级的一个非常强的负面预测因素，与以前的研究结果相似。女性的平均激素浓度和平均吸引力等级之间的零阶关联并不显着;然而，在控制BMI后，吸引力等级与雌二醇和睾酮浓度独立呈正相关。讨论的重点是这些研究结果的影响，是否吸引力评估机制是专门用于检测线索的差异生育力在年轻女性的身体。(C)2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Does women's body attractiveness predict indices of reproductive capacity? Prior research has provided evidence that large breast size and low waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) are positively associated with women's estrogen and progesterone concentrations, but no previous studies appear to have directly tested whether ratings of women's body attractiveness are predicted by higher concentrations of ovarian hormones measured across broad regions of the menstrual cycle. Here, we collected daily saliva samples across 1-2 menstrual cycles from a sample of young women; assayed the samples for estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone; obtained anthropometric measurements of the women's bodies; and also obtained attractiveness ratings of the women's bodies from photographs of them taken in standardized clothing with faces obscured. Contrary to previous research, mean hormone concentrations were uncorrelated with breast size and WHR. Body mass index (BMI) was a very strong negative predictor of body attractiveness ratings, similar to previous findings. Zero-order associations between women's mean hormone concentrations and mean attractiveness ratings were not significant; however, after controlling for BMI, attractiveness ratings were independently and positively associated with both estradiol and testosterone concentrations. Discussion focuses on the implications of these findings for whether attractiveness assessment mechanisms are specialized for the detection of cues of differential fecundity in young women's bodies. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.