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Harrell, W. Andrew – Social Behavior and Personality, 1979
Findings indicated that physically attractive couples were more likely to show public intimacy. Younger couples displayed more intimacy than older couples. Couples who were similar in age interacted more than couples who differed in age. Husband-wife attractiveness did not significantly influence intimacy. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, Disclosure, Foreign Countries
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Horai, Joann – Social Behavior and Personality, 1976
Males (N=54) and 46 females who scored high or low on a sensation seeking scale were exposed to slides of physically attractive or unattractive person stimuli. High sensation seekers both liked and expected to recognize the physically attractive persons in the future more than the physically unattractive persons. (Author)
Descriptors: Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Attraction, Interpersonal Relationship, Physical Characteristics
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Horvath, Theodore – Social Behavior and Personality, 1979
Results indicated that for female stimuli, attractiveness correlated negatively with waist width and hip width, and directly with figure slenderness. For male stimuli, attractiveness correlated positively with shoulder width and upper body taper. (Author)
Descriptors: Correlation, Foreign Countries, Human Body, Interpersonal Attraction