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The Facial Width-to-Height Ratio Predicts Sex Drive, Sociosexuality, and Intended Infidelity

Overview of attention for article published in Archives of Sexual Behavior, September 2017
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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Title
The Facial Width-to-Height Ratio Predicts Sex Drive, Sociosexuality, and Intended Infidelity
Published in
Archives of Sexual Behavior, September 2017
DOI 10.1007/s10508-017-1070-x
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Authors

Steven Arnocky, Justin M. Carré, Brian M. Bird, Benjamin J. P. Moreau, Tracy Vaillancourt, Triana Ortiz, Nicole Marley

Abstract

Previous research has linked the facial width-to-height ratio (FWHR) to a host of psychological and behavioral characteristics, primarily in men. In two studies, we examined novel links between FWHR and sex drive. In Study 1, a sample of 145 undergraduate students revealed that FWHR positively predicted sex drive. There were no significant FWHR × sex interactions, suggesting that FWHR is linked to sexuality among both men and women. Study 2 replicated and extended these findings in a sample of 314 students collected from a different Canadian city, which again demonstrated links between the FWHR and sex drive (also in both men and women), as well as sociosexuality and intended infidelity (men only). Internal meta-analytic results confirm the link between FWHR and sex drive among both men and women. These results suggest that FWHR may be an important morphological index of human sexuality.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 86 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 18 21%
Researcher 13 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 12%
Student > Master 9 10%
Other 5 6%
Other 15 17%
Unknown 16 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 35 41%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 5%
Computer Science 3 3%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 3%
Other 18 21%
Unknown 18 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 492. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 February 2024.
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#53,717
of 25,576,275 outputs
Outputs from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#39
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Outputs of similar age
#1,086
of 325,800 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#3
of 48 outputs
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