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dc.contributor.authorMacDonell, Elliott
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-14T18:51:47Z
dc.date.available2017-09-14T18:51:47Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/12991
dc.description.abstractIndividuals with large facial width-to-height ratios (FWHR) are judged as threatening and engage in threat-related behaviours. The aim of this thesis was to identify the specific components of threat potential related to the FWHR. In study 1, participants completed measures of psychological and physical threat potential. The FWHR correlated positively with aspects of physical threat potential in men and women, and an aspect of psychological threat potential in men. Additionally, study 1 investigated the extent to which these types of threat potential differentially predict aggression. In men only, psychological threat potential predicted non-costly aggression, and physical threat potential predicted costly aggression. In study 2, participants made inferences about the threat potential of participants from study 1. Results demonstrated an ability to infer threat potential from the face, and sex differences related to the definition of aggressiveness. Together, these findings demonstrate that the FWHR conveys two forms of threat potential in men, which differentially predict aggression.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectFace Ratioen_US
dc.subjectAggressionen_US
dc.subjectThreaten_US
dc.titleInvestigating the Relationship between the Facial Width-to-Height Ratio and Physical and Psychological Threat Potentialen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameM.A. Psychologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Social Sciencesen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-05T01:36:44Z


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