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Interpersonal Choosing and Attractiveness
[edit]Choosing Friends and Physical Attractiveness
[edit]Much research has been dedicated to the different aspects regarding physical attractiveness people look at when choosing friends. Studies have shown that a person's level of attractiveness is significantly associated with other's expectations of kindness, intelligence, ability to get along with, and other factors that are attractive in a friendship[1]. When finding friends, the more attractive they are, the more people see them as likable and approachable[2]. Physical attractiveness, along with other lesser variables, is found to be the most important factor when determining good friendship qualities.[3] Studies have also found that the more similarities a friendship has, whether romantic or platonic, in terms of physical attractiveness, plays a role in how friendships are chosen[4].In terms of platonic friendships, men are much pickier at choosing friends based on attractiveness due to the matching hypothesis; matching for attractiveness among male dyads was homogenous, but not among women[4]. For pairs of friends, there were variations among correlations were found but were explained by gender of dyad: the matching effect was obtained only with men[4].
Choosing a Partner and Attractivess: Long-term and Short-Term Correlations
[edit]Long-Term:
[edit]Much research regarding the length of relationships pays special attention to the variable of physical attractiveness. Initial attraction is important, but in order to remain satisfied in a long-term marriage or consummate relationship, physical attraction is key[5]. Similar to friendships, the self-ratings of attractiveness are similar among couples[4]. Attractiveness matters when choosing a potentially long-term partner[3]; the overwhelming majority of couples choose a partner who has the same, or nearly the same, self-rating of attractiveness[4]. In essence, those who have a similar level of attractiveness have more probability of staying together for a long-term relationship. If a couple does not match on the self-rated attractiveness, then they more likely than not matched on the objective scale of attractiveness[4]. Men who are interested in a long-term partner tend to give priority to the attractiveness to his partner's face, as opposed to the body[6]. Direct tests indicated that partner physical attractiveness played a larger role in predicting the men’s satisfaction than predicting women’s satisfaction[5].
Short-Term:
[edit]An overwhelming amount of studies have shown that physical attractiveness, especially initial attraction[2], is the most important factor when discussing short-term relationships. Gender seems to create the largest deciding factor on whether or not a relationship will be short-term or long-term. Evolutionary theories show that men place physical attractiveness higher than women do[5][2]. Men who are evaluating a potential short-term partner give higher priority to information gained from her body, relative to her face, than men evaluating a potential long-term partner[6]. Similarly, men, but not women, have a condition-dependent proclivity to prioritize bodily cues in short-term mating contexts[6]. However, the level of attractiveness makes a large difference. Attractiveness ratings--particularly bodily attractiveness ratings -- are significantly related to a person's mating behavior[7] .For women, those who perceive themselves as "more attractive than average" and how are objectively rate as more attracted than average are more likely to look for short-term relationships[7].
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- ^ Clifford, Margaret; Walster, Eilene (1973). "Research note: The effect of physical attractiveness on teacher expectations". Journal of Educational Sociology. 46(2): 248-258.
- ^ a b c Feingold, Alan (1990). "Gender differences in effects of physical attractiveness on romantic attraction: A comparison across five research paradigm". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 59(5): 981-993.
- ^ a b Aron, Arthur (1989). "Experiences of falling in love". Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 6(3): 243–257.
- ^ a b c d e f Feingold, Alan (1988). "Matching for attractiveness in romantic partners and same-sex friends: A meta-analysis and theoretical critique". Psychological Bulletin. 104(2): 226–235.
- ^ a b c Meltzer, Andrea; et al. (2014). "Sex differences in the implications of partner physical attractiveness for the trajectory of marital satisfaction". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 106(33): 418–428.
{{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|first=(help) - ^ a b c Confer, Jaime (2010). "More than just a pretty face: Men's priority shifts toward bodily attractiveness in short-term versus long-term mating contexts". Evolution and Human Behavior. 31(5): 348–353.
- ^ a b Perilloux, Carin (2013). "Women's physical attractiveness and short-term mating strategies". Personality and Individual Differences. 54(4): 490–495.