Coy Anthony E, Green Jeffrey D, Price Michael E
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States.
Body Image. 2014 Jun;11(3):282-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.04.003. Epub 2014 May 22.
Past research suggests that a lower waist-to-chest ratio (WCR) in men (i.e., narrower waist and broader chest) is viewed as attractive by women. However, little work has directly examined why low WCRs are preferred. The current work merged insights from theory and past research to develop a model examining perceived dominance, fitness, and protection ability as mediators of to WCR-attractiveness relationship. These mediators and their link to both short-term (sexual) and long-term (relational) attractiveness were simultaneously tested by having 151 women rate one of 15 avatars, created from 3D body scans. Men with lower WCR were perceived as more physically dominant, physically fit, and better able to protect loved ones; these characteristics differentially mediated the effect of WCR on short-term, long-term, and general attractiveness ratings. Greater understanding of the judgments women form regarding WCR may yield insights into motivations by men to manipulate their body image.
以往的研究表明，男性较低的腰胸比（即腰部较窄、胸部较宽）被女性视为具有吸引力。然而，很少有研究直接探讨为何低腰胸比更受青睐。当前的研究融合了理论和以往研究的见解，构建了一个模型，检验感知到的支配力、健康状况和保护能力作为腰胸比与吸引力关系的中介因素。通过让151名女性对由3D身体扫描创建的15个虚拟形象之一进行评分，同时检验了这些中介因素及其与短期（性方面）和长期（关系方面）吸引力的联系。腰胸比低的男性被认为在身体上更具支配力、身体更健康，且更有能力保护所爱的人；这些特征在不同程度上介导了腰胸比对短期、长期和总体吸引力评分的影响。更深入地了解女性对腰胸比形成的判断，可能有助于洞察男性塑造自身身体形象的动机。
