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Title: | Anthropometric correlates of human anger |
Authors: | Dunn, J Hopkins, S Kang, J |
Keywords: | Recalibrational theory;Anger;Aggression;Self-perceived physical attractiveness;Muscularity;Evolutionary psychology |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Evolution and Human Behavior, 33(3), 174 - 181, 2012 |
Abstract: | The recalibrational theory of human anger predicts positive correlations between aggressive formidability and anger levels in males, and between physical attractiveness and anger levels in females. We tested these predictions by using a three-dimensional body scanner to collect anthropometric data about male aggressive formidability (measures of upper body muscularity and leg–body ratio) and female bodily attractiveness (waist–hip ratio, body mass index, overall body shape femininity, and several other measures). Predictions were partially supported: in males, two of three anger measures correlated significantly positively with several muscularity measures; in females, self-perceived attractiveness correlated significantly positively with two anger measures. However, most of these significant results were observed only after excluding from the sample 27 participants who were older than undergraduate age, leaving a subsample of 40 males and 51 females. Evidence for relationships between anthropometric attractiveness indicators and anger measures was weak, but there was some evidence for relationships between anthropometric attractiveness indicators and self-perceived attractiveness measures. While our results support the recalibrational theory's prediction that anger usage and formidability are positively correlated in males and suggest that this formidability can be assessed via anthropometric measures alone, they also suggest that this prediction may not apply to populations older than undergraduate age. Further, our results suggest that while female anger levels relate positively to self-perceived attractiveness, they are unrelated to most anthropometric measures of bodily attractiveness. |
Description: | This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Evolution and Human Behavior. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. Copyright @ 2012 Elsevier B.V. |
URI: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513811000857 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8704 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.08.004 |
ISSN: | 1090-5138 |
Appears in Collections: | Psychology Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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