Nonverbal Communication in Everyday Life, Fourth Edition, is the most comprehensive,
thoroughly researched, and up-to-date introduction to the subject of nonverbal …

Body image is the mental picture we have of our bodies, has both perceptual and affective
components, affects how we interact with clothes, and affects how that clothed appearance …

In a content analysis of 27 different prime-time television situation comedies, we examined
the body weights of 75 central male characters (97% White, 3% Black), the negative …

The purpose of Creating Images and the Psychology of Marketing Communication is to
advance the understanding of the concept of image as it is applied to various areas of …

This study examined the association between sexual orientation and the perception of men's
physical attractiveness. Twenty-seven heterosexual men and 23 gay men were asked to …

Two studies were conducted using the Internet with 209 and 141 women respectively who
reported themselves as being lesbian or bisexual, but not heterosexual. Women were …

Jealousy occurs when one feels an actual or potential intimate relationship is threatened by
a real or imagined rival. This chapter shows that the psychological experience of jealousy is …

The purpose of this study was to cross-culturally investigate the effect of body mass index
(BMI) and body shapes on the perception of female body attractiveness and body size. A …

Individuals whose threats of force are more effective, such as those with greater bodily
formidability, have advantages when the social environment condones violence. This benefit …

This study investigated the effectiveness of shapewear by examining changes in body
shape (CBS) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) using 3D body scanning technologies and by …