All Outputs (5)

Male Facial Masculinity as a Cue to Health Outcomes (2013)
Journal Article
Boothroyd, L., Scott, I., Gray, A., Coombes, C., & Pound, N. (2013). Male Facial Masculinity as a Cue to Health Outcomes. Evolutionary Psychology, 11(5), 1044-1058

Evolutionary theories of human attraction draw heavily upon nonhuman literature, and currently the Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis dominates research into female attraction to male facial masculinity. Although some studies have shown links betwe... Read More about Male Facial Masculinity as a Cue to Health Outcomes.

Self-Reported Impulsivity, Rather than Sociosexuality, Predicts Women’s Preferences for Masculine Features in Male Faces (2013)
Journal Article
Boothroyd, L. G., & Brewer, G. (2014). Self-Reported Impulsivity, Rather than Sociosexuality, Predicts Women’s Preferences for Masculine Features in Male Faces. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(5), 983-988. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0204-z

Previous research has suggested that an individual’s sociosexual orientation (i.e., their willingness to engage in sexual behavior outside of long-term relationships) may influence the qualities they find attractive in a potential mate. Results, howe... Read More about Self-Reported Impulsivity, Rather than Sociosexuality, Predicts Women’s Preferences for Masculine Features in Male Faces.

Father absence and age at first birth in a western sample (2013)
Journal Article
Boothroyd, L., Craig, P., Crossman, R., & Perrett, D. (2013). Father absence and age at first birth in a western sample. American Journal of Human Biology, 25(3), 366-369. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22378

Objectives: Although a large literature has shown links between “father absence” during early childhood, and earlier puberty and sexual behavior in girls in Western populations, there are only a few studies which have looked at timing of reproduction... Read More about Father absence and age at first birth in a western sample.

Do men’s faces really signal heritable immunocompetence? (2013)
Journal Article
Scott, I., Clark, A., Boothroyd, L., & Penton-Voak, I. (2013). Do men’s faces really signal heritable immunocompetence?. Behavioral Ecology, 24(3), 579-589. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars092

In the literature on human mate choice, masculine facial morphology is often proposed to be an intersexual signal of heritable immunocompetence, and hence an important component of men’s attractiveness. This hypothesis has received considerable resea... Read More about Do men’s faces really signal heritable immunocompetence?.

Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes in 7 to 11-year-old girls: testing a sociocultural model (2013)
Journal Article
Evans, E., Tovee, M., Boothroyd, L., & Drewett, R. (2013). Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes in 7 to 11-year-old girls: testing a sociocultural model. Body Image, 10(1), 8-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.10.001

We examined the sociocultural model of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitude development in young girls for the first time. According to the model, internalizing an unrealistically thin ideal body increases the risk of disordered eating... Read More about Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes in 7 to 11-year-old girls: testing a sociocultural model.