Physical Attractiveness Research. Toward a Developmental Social Psychology of Beauty.

Adams, G. R.

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Publication Date: 1977

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Physical Attractiveness Research. Toward a Developmental Social Psychology of Beauty

Adams, G. R.

Human Development, 20, 4, 217-39, 77

This paper reviews research on physical attractiveness from a dialectical-interactional perspective and attempts to examine the relationship between outer appearance and inner psychological characteristics from a developmental perspective. (BD)

Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Evaluation Criteria, Individual Psychology, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Attraction, Personality, Physical Characteristics, Self Concept, Self Evaluation, Social Exchange Theory, Social Relations

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