The influence of leg-to-body ratio (LBR) on judgments of female physical attractiveness: Assessments of computer-generated images varying in LBR

被引：20

作者：

Frederick, David A. ^{[2
,3
,4
,5
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Hadji-Michael, Maria ^{[6
]}

Furnham, Adrian ^{[6
]}

Swami, Viren ^{[1
,7
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Westminster, Dept Psychol, London W1B 2UW, England

[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Psychol, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA

[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Ctr Soc & Genet, Los Angeles, CA USA

[4] Univ Calif Los Angeles, FPR, Ctr Culture Brain & Dev, Los Angeles, CA USA

[5] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Ctr Behav Evolut & Culture, Los Angeles, CA USA

[6] UCL, Dept Clin Educ & Hlth Psychol, London, England

[7] HELP Univ Coll, Dept Psychol, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

来源：

BODY IMAGE | 2010年 / 7卷 / 01期

关键词：

Leg-to-body ratio; Physical attractiveness; Mate choice; MATE PREFERENCES; SEX-DIFFERENCES; BREAST SIZE; HIP RATIO; BRITAIN;

D O I：

10.1016/j.bodyim.2009.09.001

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

The leg-to-body ratio (LBR), which is reliably associated with developmental stability and health outcomes, is an understudied component of human physical attractiveness. Several studies examining the effects of LBR on aesthetic judgments have been limited by the reliance on stimuli composed of hand-drawn silhouettes. In the present study, we developed a new set of female computer-generated images portraying eight levels of LBR that fell within the typical range of human variation. A community sample of 207 Britons in London and students from two samples drawn from a US university (Ns = 940, 114) rated the physical attractiveness of the images. We found that mid-ranging female LBRs were perceived as maximally attractive. The present research overcomes some of the problems associated with past work on LBR and aesthetic preferences through use of computer-generated images rather than hand-drawn images and provides an instrument that may be useful in future investigations of LBR preferences. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：51 / 55

页数：5

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