Perceptions of Contraceptive Responsibility Among Female College Students: An Exploratory Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa R. Brunner Huber ◽  
Jennifer L. Ersek
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College

Self-Disclosure Correlates of Physical Attractiveness: An Exploratory Study

1975 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 579-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Cash ◽  
Deborah Soloway
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Interpersonal Processes ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Female College ◽  
Self Perceptions

24 male and 24 female college students were paired randomly to form stranger dyads and were asked to prepare and exchange topic-guided self-descriptions. Self-descriptive protocols were scored for breadth and content of self-disclosures, and relationships were assessed between subjects' disclosure indices and their self-rated and partner-rated levels of physical attractiveness. As expected, the two attractiveness ratings were weakly though significantly related. The more attractive their self-perceptions, the more men disclosed and the more favorable their disclosures were apt to be. In contrast, the more attractive the women regarded themselves, the less self-information they revealed. Disclosure was positively associated with partner-rated attractiveness, particularly for the men. Results were discussed in the context of possible developmental consequences of physical attractiveness on intra- and interpersonal processes.

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