School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Mary's Quad, South Street, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK.
Body Image. 2011 Mar;8(2):190-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.12.003. Epub 2011 Feb 26.
Perceived facial adiposity plays an important role in perceptions of both facial attractiveness and health, but people might differentiate between the level of adiposity they find most attractive and healthy. The aim of this study was therefore to test whether or not similar levels of adiposity in faces were preferred for judgments of health and attractiveness. Fifty-three Caucasian university students were asked to make three-dimensional female faces appear as healthy and attractive as possible by changing faces along a continuum that portrays the facial adiposity change associated with a change in body mass index. Results showed that women preferred a significantly lower level of facial adiposity when judging attractiveness than when judging health, while men did not differentiate between the 'most attractive' and 'most healthy' looking level of facial adiposity. These findings are discussed in terms of the sociocultural portrayal of female body ideals and the preference for healthy individuals.
人们对面部肥胖的感知在对面部吸引力和健康的感知中起着重要作用，但人们可能会区分他们认为最有吸引力和最健康的肥胖程度。因此，本研究旨在测试面部的相似肥胖程度是否更有利于健康和吸引力的判断。53 名白种人大学生被要求通过改变沿着描绘与体重指数变化相关的面部肥胖变化的连续体来使三维女性面孔看起来尽可能健康和有吸引力。结果表明，女性在判断吸引力时对面部肥胖的偏好明显低于判断健康时，而男性则无法区分“最有吸引力”和“最健康”的面部肥胖程度。这些发现是根据女性身体理想的社会文化描绘和对健康个体的偏好来讨论的。
