TY - JOUR
T1 - Does financial security influence judgements of female physical attractiveness?
AU - Swami, Viren
AU - Tovée, Martin J.
AU - Furnham, Adrian
PY - 2008/8/1
Y1 - 2008/8/1
N2 - To account for male preferences for female body weight following a consistent socio-economic pattern [Nelson, L.D., Morrison, E.L. (2005). The symptoms of resource scarcity: judgements of food and finances influence preferences for potential partners. Psychological Science 16, 167-173] proposed a social-cognitive model based on the individual experience of resource scarcity. We replicated their studies showing that financial dissatisfaction can influence preference for female body weight using a different dependent variable, namely photographic stimuli of women with known body weight and shape. Using this revised methodology, we found that operationalised intra-individual resource scarcity does not affect preferences for body weight: 25 financially dissatisfied males showed no difference in body weight preferences from 22 financially satisfied males. These findings contradict those of Nelson and Morrison (2005) and possible reasons for this are discussed in conclusion.
AB - To account for male preferences for female body weight following a consistent socio-economic pattern [Nelson, L.D., Morrison, E.L. (2005). The symptoms of resource scarcity: judgements of food and finances influence preferences for potential partners. Psychological Science 16, 167-173] proposed a social-cognitive model based on the individual experience of resource scarcity. We replicated their studies showing that financial dissatisfaction can influence preference for female body weight using a different dependent variable, namely photographic stimuli of women with known body weight and shape. Using this revised methodology, we found that operationalised intra-individual resource scarcity does not affect preferences for body weight: 25 financially dissatisfied males showed no difference in body weight preferences from 22 financially satisfied males. These findings contradict those of Nelson and Morrison (2005) and possible reasons for this are discussed in conclusion.
KW - Body shape
KW - Body weight
KW - Financial satisfaction
KW - Physical attractiveness
KW - Socio-economic status
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U2 - 10.1016/j.socec.2007.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.socec.2007.03.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:44449143940
SN - 1053-5357
VL - 37
SP - 1363
EP - 1370
JO - Journal of Socio-Economics
JF - Journal of Socio-Economics
IS - 4
ER -