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This study examined the association between observers' personalities and body size perceptions. In total, 1119 participants from an international sample completed a five-factor personality inventory and the female Photographic Figure Rating Scale (PFRS). Results showed that Openness to Experience was correlated with the idealisation of a heavier body size among women, as well as the perception of a wider range of body sizes as attractive among both women and men. In addition, Agreeableness was associated with the perception of a wider range of body sizes as attractive among men. Personality factors explained only a small proportion of the variance in body size perceptions, although present results were consistent with a previous proposal on the role played by observers' personalities in attractiveness judgements. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Author(s): Swami V, Buchanan T, Furnham A, Tovée MJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Personality and Individual Differences
Year: 2008
Volume: 45
Issue: 7
Pages: 697-699
ISSN (print): 0191-8869
ISSN (electronic): 1873-3549
Publisher: Pergamon
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2008.07.007
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.07.007
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