Conceptions of Physical Appearance among Young Adolescents: The Interrelationships among Self-Judged Appearance, Attractiveness Stereotyping, and Sex-Typed Characteristics
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Journal of Early Adolescence
- Vol. 2 (3) , 255-265
- https://doi.org/10.1177/027243168200200308
Abstract
The relationship among measures of self-ascribed attractiveness, sex-typed characteristics, and attractiveness stereotyping were examined among 665 young adolescents. Normative data on self-ratings of at-tractiveness were presented and sex differences, wherein males rates themselves higher than females, were obtained. Attractiveness was also related to sex-typed characteristics. Masculine and androgynous individuals tended to rate themselves higher in attractiveness than fem-inine and undifferentiated individuals. Attractiveness stereotyping varied as a function of the sex, self-reported attractiveness levels, and sex-typed characteristics of subjects.Keywords
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