Summary On the basis of substantial evidence that physical attractiveness produces differential social-evaluative treatment from the environment, attractiveness-related differences in selected personality variables were examined in 141 college men and women. All were reliably rated on physical attractiveness and completed measures of locus of control, success-failure expectations, psychological masculinity and femininity, and affective traits. Among males, attractiveness was marginally to moderately predictive of greater self-perceived androgyny, internality, success expectancies, and lower anxiety and depression. Among females, attractiveness was related only to masculinity self-concept to a slight extent. The influences of attractiveness for men and women are discussed in the context of sex roles, social relations, and personality.
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