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Peer reviewedHarrell, W. Andrew – Social Behavior and Personality, 1979
Findings indicated that physically attractive couples were more likely to show public intimacy. Younger couples displayed more intimacy than older couples. Couples who were similar in age interacted more than couples who differed in age. Husband-wife attractiveness did not significantly influence intimacy. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, Disclosure, Foreign Countries
Kaplan, Robert M. – 1975
Male and female subjects judged an essay purportedly written by an attractive or an unattractive female author. The attractive author was rated as significantly more talented by male judges. Female judges rated the attractive author less talented although this difference was not statistically significant. A second experiment concerned ratings by…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Bias, Evaluation Criteria, Expectation
Young, Jerald W. – 1980
Two experiments involving 49 male and 49 female college students were conducted to determine the effects of physician physical attractiveness on the patients' disclosures of personal information (symptoms). In the first experiment, subjects rated pictures of physicians for physical attractiveness and reported their willingness to disclose and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Communication Problems, Communication Research
