Across the whole sample, self-resemblance had no significant effect on the ratings of how “sexy,” “nice,” and “trustworthy” the opposite or same-sex faces appeared: all average ratings were between 4.44 and 4.54 (t138 = -0.73 to 0.67, p > 0.46).
The effect of partnership status on self-resemblance preference in the context of sexiness ratings of opposite-sex photographs was not significant, although the effect was close to p = 0.05 (F1,132 = 3.27, p = 0.073, ? 2 = 0.024), but we found a significant effect of partnership status on self-resemblance preference when rating same-sex sexiness (Fstep one,131 = 5.49, p = 0.021, ? 2 = 0.040). There was no effect of partnership status on self-resemblance preference in the context of ratings of how nice the opposite-sex (Fstep one,131 = 2.36, p = 0.13, ? 2 = 0.018) or same-sex person appears (F1,132 = 0.73, p = 0.39, ? 2 = 0.006). Read More
