Facial attractiveness and preference of sexual dimorphism: A comparison across five populations

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11310/21:10429761

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=9ndwl.eFR9" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=9ndwl.eFR9</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2021.33" target="_blank" >10.1017/ehs.2021.33</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Facial attractiveness and preference of sexual dimorphism: A comparison across five populations

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Despite intensive research, evolutionary psychology has not yet reached a consensus regarding the associ- ation between sexual dimorphism and attractiveness. This study examines associations between perceived and morphological facial sexual dimorphism and perceived attractiveness in samples from five distant coun- tries (Cameroon, Colombia, Czechia, Iran and Turkey). We also examined possible moderating effects of skin lightness, averageness, age, body mass and facial width. Our results suggest that in all samples, women&apos;s perceived femininity was positively related to their perceived attractiveness. Women found perceived mas- culinity in men attractive only in Czechia and Colombia, two distant populations. The association between perceived sexual dimorphism and attractiveness is thus potentially universal only for women. Across populations, morphological sexual dimorphism and averageness are not universally associated with either perceived facial sexual dimorphism or attractiveness. With our exploratory approach, results highlight the need for control of which measure of sexual dimorphism is used (perceived or measured) because they affect perceived attractiveness differently. Morphological averageness and sexual dimorphism are not good predic- tors of perceived attractiveness. It is noted that future studies should use samples from multiple populations to allow for identification of specific effects of local environmental and socioeconomic conditions on preferred traits in unmanipulated local facial stimuli.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Facial attractiveness and preference of sexual dimorphism: A comparison across five populations

Popis výsledku anglicky

Despite intensive research, evolutionary psychology has not yet reached a consensus regarding the associ- ation between sexual dimorphism and attractiveness. This study examines associations between perceived and morphological facial sexual dimorphism and perceived attractiveness in samples from five distant coun- tries (Cameroon, Colombia, Czechia, Iran and Turkey). We also examined possible moderating effects of skin lightness, averageness, age, body mass and facial width. Our results suggest that in all samples, women&apos;s perceived femininity was positively related to their perceived attractiveness. Women found perceived mas- culinity in men attractive only in Czechia and Colombia, two distant populations. The association between perceived sexual dimorphism and attractiveness is thus potentially universal only for women. Across populations, morphological sexual dimorphism and averageness are not universally associated with either perceived facial sexual dimorphism or attractiveness. With our exploratory approach, results highlight the need for control of which measure of sexual dimorphism is used (perceived or measured) because they affect perceived attractiveness differently. Morphological averageness and sexual dimorphism are not good predic- tors of perceived attractiveness. It is noted that future studies should use samples from multiple populations to allow for identification of specific effects of local environmental and socioeconomic conditions on preferred traits in unmanipulated local facial stimuli.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Evolutionary Human Sciences [online]

ISSN

2513-843X

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

3

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

July

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

e38

Kód UT WoS článku

000775496800001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85109389754