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Abstract：
Despite intensive research, evolutionary psychology has not yet reached a consensus regarding the association between sexual dimorphism and attractiveness. This study examines associations between perceived and morphological facial sexual dimorphism and perceived attractiveness in samples from five distant countries (Cameroon, Colombia, Czechia, Iran and Turkey). We also examined possible moderating effects of skin lightness, averageness, age, body mass and facial width. Our results suggest that in all samples, women\'s perceived femininity was positively related to their perceived attractiveness. Women found perceived masculinity in men attractive only in Czechia and Colombia, two distant populations. The association between perceived sexual dimorphism and attractiveness is thus potentially universal only for women. Across populations, morphological sexual dimorphism and averageness are not universally associated with either perceived facial sexual dimorphism or attractiveness. With our exploratory approach, results highlight the need for control of which measure of sexual dimorphism is used (perceived or measured) because they affect perceived attractiveness differently. Morphological averageness and sexual dimorphism are not good predictors of perceived attractiveness. It is noted that future studies should use samples from multiple populations to allow for identification of specific effects of local environmental and socioeconomic conditions on preferred traits in unmanipulated local facial stimuli.
摘要：
尽管进行了深入的研究,关于性二态性和吸引力之间的关联，进化心理学尚未达成共识。这项研究检查了来自五个遥远国家的样本中感知和形态面部性二态与感知吸引力之间的关联（喀麦隆，哥伦比亚,捷克,伊朗和土耳其）。我们还研究了皮肤亮度的可能调节作用，平均,年龄,身体质量和面部宽度。我们的结果表明，在所有样本中，女性感知的女性气质与她们感知的吸引力呈正相关。只有在捷克和哥伦比亚，女性才发现男性有吸引力，两个遥远的人口。因此，感知到的性二态性与吸引力之间的关联可能仅对女性具有普遍性。在人群中，形态上的性二态和平均性与感知到的面部性二态或吸引力并不普遍相关。通过我们的探索性方法，结果强调需要控制使用哪种性别二态性测量（感知或测量），因为它们对感知吸引力的影响不同。形态平均性和性二态性不是感知吸引力的良好预测指标。值得注意的是，未来的研究应使用来自多个人群的样本，以识别当地环境和社会经济条件对未经操纵的局部面部刺激中首选特征的特定影响。
