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Michael P Haselhuhn1, Margaret E Ormiston2, Elaine M Wong1
1School of Business Administration, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America.
Abstract:
Recent research has identified men's facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) as a reliable predictor of aggressive tendencies and behavior. Other research, however, has failed to replicate the fWHR-aggression relationship and has questioned whether previous findings are robust. In the current paper, we synthesize existing work by conducting a meta-analysis to estimate whether and how fWHR predicts aggression. Our results indicate a small, but significant, positive relationship between men's fWHR and aggression.
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