Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 248-252, July 2007

Father–daughter relationship as a moderator of sexual imprinting: a facialmetric study

  • Agnieszka Wiszewska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anthropology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
    • ,
  • Boguslaw Pawlowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anthropology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
    • Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors.
    • ,
  • Lynda G. Boothroyd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Durham, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors.

Received 3 July 2006; accepted 2 February 2007. published online 10 May 2007.

Abstract 

This study investigated sexual imprinting in human females. Facial proportions of fathers were compared to the proportions of stimulus faces the participants found attractive. Women who rated their childhood relationships with their father highly showed a significantly stronger relationship between the proportions of their father's face and their chosen stimulus than other women, primarily concerning the central face area. Women who rated their fathers less highly did not show similarity between fathers' and stimulus' faces. This supports previous research using photographs of parents' and spouses' faces.

Keywords: Facial attraction, Imprinting, Father–daughter relationship, Facial measurements, Mate preferences

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PII: S1090-5138(07)00023-2

doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.02.006

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 248-252, July 2007

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