The subjects were 22 middle-aged, middle-class couples for whom three measures of physical attractiveness were obtained: photos, self-evaluations, and evaluations by spouse. In addition, each subject took the Locke-Wallace Marriage Adjustment Scale. It was hypothesized that (a) members of couples would be matched for physical attractiveness, (b) equity of physical attractiveness would be correlated with marriage adjustment, (c) perception of the partner as more attractive than the self would be correlated with marriage adjustment, and (d) attractiveness, in general, would be correlated with marriage adjustment. The first hypothesis was clearly supported, the second rejected, and the third was supported for husbands' marriage adjustment only, but it was suspected of being artifactual. The fourth hypothesis was confirmed for subjective measures of attractiveness in relation to husbands' but not wives' marital adjustment.
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