Effects of Attractiveness and Maturity of Face and Voice on Interpersonal Impressions

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11065637
AutoresMiron Zuckerman (0000-0002-2420-5962, Miyazaki International College), Kunitate Miyake (Miyazaki International College), Charlotte S Elkin (Miyazaki International College)
Año1995
Volumen29
Número2
Páginas253-272
Fecha de publicación1995-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Research in Personality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0092-6566 • E-ISSN: 1095-7251
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1006/jrpe.1995.1015
OpenAlexW2013293634
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18

We examined effects of attractiveness and maturity of face and voice on interpersonal impressions. Higher attractiveness, both facial and vocal, resulted in more positive impressions. However, facial attractiveness influenced primarily interpersonal dimensions (extroversion, warmth, and agreeableness) whereas vocal attractiveness influenced primarily more private dimensions (neuroticism and conscientiousness). Higher maturity, both facial and vocal, resulted in impressions of higher dominance and lower warmth and agreeableness. Higher facial maturity resulted in somewhat less positive impressions whereas higher vocal maturity did not. Consistent with this difference, higher vocal maturity was perceived as more attractive whereas higher facial maturity was not. Finally, the effect of a specific quality (attractiveness or maturity) of face or voice was often moderated by other qualities of the same or different channel

Agreeableness · Attractiveness · Big Five personality traits · Conscientiousness · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Facial attractiveness · Interpersonal communication · Maturity (psychological) · Neuroticism · Personality · Physical attractiveness · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology