Social Representations of Physical Beauty and Romantic Relationships
Authors
Adriano Schlösser
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
Brigido Vizeu Camargo
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
Karen Cristine Teixeira
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
Abstract
This research aims to investigate the relations of social representations of physical beauty in establishing romantic relationships of professional photo models and non-models participants. We perform a comparative and descriptive study, based on cross-sectional data obtained by purposive sampling. Out of 120 participants, 60 are men and 60 are women. Moreover, 60 are professional photo models and 60 attend to higher education on Exact or Technological Sciences. We utilized a self-administered online questionnaire with closed questions. Participants had taken a pre-test prior to data collection. Our results indicate that physical beauty has a central role in establishing romantic relationships, being considered as one of the most important elements for both photo models group and men group.
