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* 6 speed-dating events; each 1 hr long; max 10 women and 10 men at each event (group)
* Each participant's photo was taken at the event and independently judged later for physical attractiveness (below)
* duration of each speed-date: 5 min
* men rotated; women stayed seated
Physical Attractiveness assessment
* Eight research collaborators independently rated each participant's photo on a 1-7 scale, with 1 being "very unattractive", 4 being "average", and 7 being "very attractive"
* interrater agreement was 0.86
* Mean rating for a participant = their final attractiveness score
Romantic interest questionnaire
* consisted of the following questions: "Would you be interested in seeing this partner again after the speed-date event?" (answer yes/no), "How much do you like this person as a potential date?" "How interested are you in getting to know this person better?" and "How comfortable do you feel being around this person?" (answer on a 5 pt scale)
* filled out by participants at the event then again after the event (after it was revealed whether their date partner had romantic interest in them based on the at-event questionnaire, this was to test reciprocity, which turned out to be significant)
Other questionnaires
* included a background questionnaire, inventories of political attitudes, personal values, interests, general personality, affectivity, attachment, and self-esteem
* administered pre-event
Obvious caveat
* This study only identifies predictors of initial romantic interest, and does not address which factors might predict a change in the magnitude and/or direction of romantic/sexual desirability over more prolonged or repeated interactions, via such processes as the [propinquity effect]
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
* Each participant's photo was taken at the event and independently judged later for physical attractiveness (below)
* duration of each speed-date: 5 min
* men rotated; women stayed seated
Physical Attractiveness assessment
* Eight research collaborators independently rated each participant's photo on a 1-7 scale, with 1 being "very unattractive", 4 being "average", and 7 being "very attractive"
* interrater agreement was 0.86
* Mean rating for a participant = their final attractiveness score
Romantic interest questionnaire
* consisted of the following questions: "Would you be interested in seeing this partner again after the speed-date event?" (answer yes/no), "How much do you like this person as a potential date?" "How interested are you in getting to know this person better?" and "How comfortable do you feel being around this person?" (answer on a 5 pt scale)
* filled out by participants at the event then again after the event (after it was revealed whether their date partner had romantic interest in them based on the at-event questionnaire, this was to test reciprocity, which turned out to be significant)
Other questionnaires
* included a background questionnaire, inventories of political attitudes, personal values, interests, general personality, affectivity, attachment, and self-esteem
* administered pre-event
Obvious caveat
* This study only identifies predictors of initial romantic interest, and does not address which factors might predict a change in the magnitude and/or direction of romantic/sexual desirability over more prolonged or repeated interactions, via such processes as the [propinquity effect]
What leads to romantic attraction: similarity, reciprocity, security, or beauty? Evidence from a speed-dating study - PubMed
Years of attraction research have established several "principles" of attraction with robust evidence. However, a major limitation of previous attraction studies is that they have almost exclusively relied on well-controlled experiments, which are often criticized for lacking ecological...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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