- Title
- Effects of gender, self-rated attractiveness, and mate value on perceptions tattoos
- Creator
- Molloy, Karlyn; Wagstaff, Danielle
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/177855
- Identifier
- vital:15325
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110382
- Identifier
- ISBN:0191-8869 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Previous research has demonstrated that men's tattoos have an effect on viewer's perceptions, with tattooed men perceived as more attractive, masculine, aggressive, dominant, and healthy. However, little research has considered the effect of individual differences on perceptions of tattooed men, despite individual differences affecting mating efforts. In this study, we explored the effect of tattoo ownership on men's and women's perceptions of their own self-rated attractiveness and mate value, and explored the effect of tattoo ownership, self-rated attractiveness and mate value on the relationship between male stimuli tattoo level and eight character judgements. From a sample of 146 men and 299 women, we found that tattooed women perceive themselves as less attractive, and that women's self-rated attractiveness impacts whether or not men's tattoos matter when judging attractiveness, trustworthiness, and potential as a father. While some limitations are evident, this study expands on previous research, demonstrating that men's tattoo possession matters in the context of opposite-sex mating judgements, though may not be as important in judgements of same-sex rivals. Future research should explore the effect of varying tattoo size, style, and location, on perceptions of others. © 2020
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Relation
- Personality and Individual Differences Vol. 168, no. (2021), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Crown Copyright © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 1701 Psychology; 1702 Cognitive Sciences; Attractiveness; Body modification; Individual differences; Mate selection
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