Students rated photographs of teachers on seven factors of teacher performance. Across all developmental levels and all factors, ratings of unattractive teachers were lower. At all developmental levels, older teachers received lower ratings than younger teachers. Sex of teacher was a more influential factor at grades 11 and 13. (Author/RD)

Explores how the different social pressures on men and women, with respect to their physical appearance, might influence their respective experiences of their bodies during normal daily activities. Subjects' body esteem and beliefs about the importance of their physical self in attracting the opposite sex are measured. (JS)

Research on the cognitive activity of clinicians during the initial interview has revealed that mental health professionals are often guided by social stereotypes of attractiveness in their choice of patients for intensive individual or group psychotherapy. Specifically, YAVIS patients (young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, successful) are…

This study examines counselor characteristics, especially how the characteristics factor into the helping relationship. Prior research on this topic has been couched in the social psychology research on personal attraction and relationship development, which suggests that credibility, attractiveness, and influence are functions of the degree of…

The purpose of the present research brief is to report a novel characteristic of role model choice that may be unreported in the literature for black males and to assess this finding in relation to perceived attractiveness of self and a member of the opposite sex. The study found that the proportion of males choosing themselves as their own role…

Addresses lack of attention in marriage therapy literature to romantic love and sexual attraction. Notes that few guidelines are available to therapists concerning how to deal with love as an issue in therapy. Presents model based on assumption that marriage problems are emotional in nature and that success of marital therapists depends upon skill…

Findings from 594 college students indicated that, although complementary standard may be used in hypothetical date selection, actual height of chosen person was more likely to be made on step function. Found no dating consequences for female in height-related sense; taller males enjoyed dating advantage, although advantage seemed to diminish when…

Until recently, understanding about women's health has been traditionally mediated by the medical model, which tends to regard each health problem in a vacuum. Such an approach ignored important considerations, such as body image. In an effort to explore this health factor, a review of the literature regarding women's health and its relation to…

Examined differences in attraction to same- and other-sex peers as a function of sex, age, individual characteristics, and context in adolescents studied longitudinally from elementary to middle school. Found attraction to aggressive peers and to peers standing out in observable ways increased with age and upon entry to middle school, whereas…