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Physical Attractiveness, Age, And Body Type203 Wylie Hall, Department of Home Economics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 Physical attractiveness is known to affect people's responses in a variety of situa tions. Although people willingly ascribe physical attractiveness to others, there has been little success in determining the facets of physical appearance which influence judged physical attractiveness. Researchers have found that, when asked, people will report that a model's face and weight are two characteristics which seem to affect attractiveness judgments. However, it is known that people are not accurate at reporting what influences them. This research was designed to measure people's responses to variations in physical attractiveness as a function of a facial characteristic (age) and a characteristic related to weight (body type or size). Sixty college-aged participants viewed and responded to black and white photos of female models, who systematically varied in age and body type. Sub jects guessed each model's attitude on a variety of issues and then judged each model's attractiveness. Analysis of variance revealed main effects for both age and body type on attractiveness, such that younger models were seen as more attractive than older models and that thinner models were seen as more attractive than heavier models. Main effects were also found for age and body type on assumed attitude similarity which indicates that age and body type of model function analogously to judged physical attractiveness. Clearly, age and body type are important components of physical attractiveness and avenues for re search are suggested.
Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3,
195-203 (1988) |
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