Author ORCID Identifier
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Publication Title
Social Moments: A Student Journal of Social Relations
Volume
1
First Page
15
Last Page
30
Abstract
Using a within-subjects experimental design, this study assessed the association between age and level of attraction in 514 male and female participants 19 years of age or older when rating photographs of individuals 19-22. The hypotheses were formulated to test the evolutionary perspective of attraction, that males prefer a younger female mate while females prefer an older male mate. Additionally, this theory suggests that initial attraction is influenced largely by reproductive factors. To test these hypotheses, 320 different pictures for each sex were used to measure perceived attractiveness. Multilevel modeling was used to test the proposed hypotheses which were partially supported, showing that age influenced male participant ratings’ more so than female participant ratings’.
Recommended Citation
Yuen, C. Nathalie; Koziol, Tom; and Santo, Jonathan, "Attraction Among Late-Adolescents" (2019). Psychology Faculty Publications. 336.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/psychfacpub/336
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