Gray Alan W, Boothroyd Lynda G
Department of Psychology, Durham University, DH1 3LE, UK.
Evol Psychol. 2012 Feb 1;10(1):66-77. doi: 10.1177/147470491201000108.
The current study addressed whether rated femininity, attractiveness, and health in female faces are associated with numerous indices of self-reported health history (number of colds/stomach bugs/frequency of antibiotic use) in a sample of 105 females. It was predicted that all three rating variables would correlate negatively with bouts of illness (with the exception of rates of stomach infections), on the assumption that aspects of facial appearance signal mate quality. The results showed partial support for this prediction, in that there was a general trend for both facial femininity and attractiveness to correlate negatively with the reported number of colds in the preceding twelve months and with the frequency of antibiotic use in the last three years and the last twelve months. Rated facial femininity (as documented in September) was also associated with days of flu experienced in the period spanning the November-December months. However, rated health did not correlate with any of the health indices (albeit one marginal result with antibiotic use in the last twelve months). The results lend support to previous findings linking facial femininity to health and suggest that facial femininity may be linked to some aspects of disease resistance but not others.
本研究探讨了在105名女性样本中，女性面部的女性气质评分、吸引力评分和健康评分是否与自我报告的健康史的多项指标（感冒次数/肠胃感染次数/抗生素使用频率）相关。研究预测，假设面部外观的某些方面能够表明配偶质量，那么这三个评分变量都将与疾病发作次数呈负相关（肠胃感染率除外）。结果部分支持了这一预测，面部女性气质和吸引力普遍呈现出与过去十二个月内报告的感冒次数、过去三年和过去十二个月内抗生素使用频率呈负相关的趋势。面部女性气质评分（9月记录）也与11月至12月期间经历流感的天数有关。然而，健康评分与任何健康指标均无相关性（尽管在过去十二个月内抗生素使用方面有一个边缘性结果）。这些结果支持了之前将面部女性气质与健康联系起来的研究发现，并表明面部女性气质可能与抗病能力的某些方面有关，但与其他方面无关。
