Article
Examination of Age, Ethnicity, and Sex Differences on Attraction Among Late- Adolescents
Social Moments
(2019)
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 maleparticipant ratings’ more so than female participant ratings’.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2019
Citation Information
Jonathan Bruce Santo. "Examination of Age, Ethnicity, and Sex Differences on Attraction Among Late- Adolescents" Social Moments (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jonathan_santo/81/