PERCEPTION OF PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS - MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THE MAINTENANCE OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS
PERCEPTION OF PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS - MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THE MAINTENANCE OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS
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DOI:
10.1037/0022-3514.59.6.1192
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发表时间:
1990-12-01
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
GANGESTAD, SW
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作者:
SIMPSON, JA;LERMA, M;GANGESTAD, SW
In 2 studies, factors involved in the perception of attractiveness of opposite-sex persons were examined. Investigation 1 revealed that individuals involved in dating relationships, relative to those not involved in them, tend to perceive opposite-sex persons as less physically and sexually attractive. Investigation 2 revealed that this dating status effect was not attributable to differences in physical attractiveness, self-esteem, empathy, self-monitoring, or altruism between individuals who were and those who were not involved in exclusive dating relationships. Moreover, both groups perceived young/same-sex and older/opposite-sex persons as equally attractive, suggesting that the effect is specific to young/opposite-sex persons. Results are discussed in terms of possible proximate and ultimate explanations underlying relationship maintenance processes.