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An assessment of positive illusions of the physical attractiveness of romantic partners

Barelds, Dick P. H., Dijkstra, Pieternel, Koudenburg, Namkje, Swami, Viren·2011·Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
DOI 10.1177/0265407510385492
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Positive illusions about a partner’s physical attractiveness occur when individuals’ ratings of their partner’s attractiveness are more positive than more objective ratings. Ratings that may serve as a’’reality benchmark’ include ratings by the partner him/herself and observer ratings. The present study compared the effects of using different reality benchmarks on the strength of positive partner physical attractiveness illusions ( n = 70 couples). Results showed that individuals positively biased both their own and their partner’s physical attractiveness. As a consequence, using a partner’s self-ratings as a reality benchmark results in an underestimation of positive illusions. Presenting participants with photographs had a small effect on physical attractiveness ratings provided by women, showing that photographs, to some extent, might constrain positive illusions.

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Authors
Barelds, D. P. H., Dijkstra, P., Koudenburg, N., & Swami, V.
Affiliations
  • University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands,
  • University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
  • University of Westminster, London, UK and HELP University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Venue
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2011-02-16
Volume
28
Issue
5
Pages
706-719
ISSN
  • 0265-4075
  • 1460-3608
DOI
10.1177/0265407510385492
Cited by
29
References
2
Language
en
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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