‘What Is Beautiful Is Loved’: Physical Attractiveness in Love Relationships in a Representative Sample

Sangrador, José Luis; Yela, Carlos

doi:10.2224/sbp.2000.28.3.207

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“…This confirmed findings of past research (Sangrador & Yela, 2000), and extended them to the four aspects of Relationship Satisfaction. Perhaps having an attractive partner makes a person more willing to accommodate that partner (to avoid losing him or her), which makes the person more agreeable, which reduces arguments, and thereby improves the romantic relationship.…”

Section: Antecedents Of Relationship Satisfactionsupporting

confidence: 89%

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Intimate Relationships in China: Predictors Across Genders for Dating, Engaged, and Married Individuals

Taormina¹,

Ho²

2012

J. relat. res.

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Intimate relationship satisfaction was evaluated by 258 (male and female) dating, engaged, and married Chinese individuals on four dimensions (emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and physical), which were examined in relation to several personal and social characteristics (emotional intelligence, extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, self-esteem, partner's physical attractiveness, traditional Chinese values, gender attributes, interpersonal trust, locus of control, and family emotional support) as hypothesised predictors of relationship intimacy. In turn, the four relationship dimensions were tested as predictors for satisfaction of the belongingness need. Correlations confirmed the hypothesised relationships that the personal and social variables had with the four intimate relationship dimensions, while regressions revealed different patterns of predictors across gender for each of the relationship dimensions. Also, plots of the different mean scores on the four relationship dimensions for dating, engaged, and married individuals revealed very similar patterns, with engaged persons consistently showing the highest scores on all four dimensions. In addition, overall satisfaction with one's intimate relationship proved to be a predictor of satisfaction of the belongingness need for both genders. The discussion centres on the variables that predicted the intimate relationship dimensions and on gender differences in those variables and in variables that predicted satisfaction of the belongingness need.

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Section: Antecedents Of Relationship Satisfactionsupporting

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“…Moreover, Sangrador and Yela (2000) claimed that physical attractiveness was important in stable relationships and in predicting relationship satisfaction. Likewise, Swami and Furnham (2008) found that physical attractiveness influenced the formation of romantic relationships.…”

Section: Partner's Physical Attractivenessmentioning

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Intimate Relationships in China: Predictors Across Genders for Dating, Engaged, and Married Individuals

Taormina¹,

Ho²

2012

J. relat. res.

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“…Beauty plays a role both in favoring a relationship and maintaining the relation in the long term (Hatfield and Sprecher, 1995;Sangrador and Yela, 2000).…”

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When consumers love their brands: Exploring the concept and its dimensions

Albert

Merunka²,

Valette‐Florence

2008

Journal of Business Research

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“…After all, physical appearance is an accessible and salient dimension along which people judge others (e.g., [Sangrador and Yela, 2000]), and the face is considered one of the most important dimensions involved in social interactions (e.g., [Sergent and Signoret, 1992]). Facial characteristics may affect people 'at a glance'.…”

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Effects of facial similarity on user responses to embodied agents

Vugt¹,

Bailenson

Hoorn³

et al. 2008

ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact.

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We investigated the effects of facial similarity between users and embodied agents under different experimental conditions. Sixty-four undergraduates interacted with two different embodied agents: in one case the agent was designed to look somewhat similar to the user, and in the other case the agent was designed to look dissimilar. We varied between subjects how helpful the agent was for a given task. Results showed that the facial similarity manipulation sometimes affected participants' responses, even though they did not consciously detect the similarity. Specifically, when the agent was helpful, facial similarity increased participants ratings of involvement. However, when exposed to unhelpful agents, male participants had negative responses to the similar looking agent compared to the dissimilar one. These results suggest that using facially-similar embodied agents has a potential large downside if that embodied agent is perceived to be unhelpful.

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‘What Is Beautiful Is Loved’: Physical Attractiveness in Love Relationships in a Representative Sample

Cited by 55 publications

References 24 publications

Intimate Relationships in China: Predictors Across Genders for Dating, Engaged, and Married Individuals

Intimate Relationships in China: Predictors Across Genders for Dating, Engaged, and Married Individuals

When consumers love their brands: Exploring the concept and its dimensions

Effects of facial similarity on user responses to embodied agents

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