What is beautiful is good, but…: A meta-analytic review of research on the physical attractiveness stereotype.

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  1991

• Venue

  Psychological Bulletin

• Publication date

  1991-07-01

• Fields of study

  Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0033-2909.110.1.109
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