Body Weight and Matching with a Physically Attractive Romantic Partner

Autor/inn/en	Carmalt, Julie H.; Cawley, John; Joyner, Kara; Sobal, Jeffery
Titel	Body Weight and Matching with a Physically Attractive Romantic Partner
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 70 (2008) 5, S.1287-1296 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00566.x
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Individual Characteristics; Females; Interpersonal Attraction; Probability; Whites; Gender Differences; Body Composition; African Americans; Racial Differences; Educational Attainment; Personality Traits + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Weibliches Geschlecht; Interpersonale Anziehung; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; White; Weißer; Geschlechterkonflikt; Afroamerikaner; Rassenunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Individual characteristics
Abstract	Matching and attribute trade are two perspectives used to explain mate selection. We investigated patterns of matching and trade, focusing on obesity, using Add Health Romantic Pair data (N = 1,405 couples). Obese individuals, relative to healthy weight individuals, were less likely to have physically attractive partners, with this disadvantage greater for women than men, and greater for White women than Black women. Additional education, a more attractive personality, and better grooming increased the probability of having a physically attractive partner and offset the disadvantage of obesity for some individuals. Unexpectedly, we found women, like men, trade education for their partners' physical attractiveness. Despite evidence of attribute trade, matching with respect to physical characteristics was the dominant mate selection pattern. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10