Effects of Social Desirableness and Similarity on Interpersonal Attraction of the Opposite Sex : Involvement period of relationships as a moderator

The present study investigated whether the involvement period of relationships with the opposite sex might moderate the effects of social desirableness of a target person and similarity between the target and a perceiver on interpersonal attraction. One hundred and two female undergraduates rated themselves on 15 dispositions and received personal profiles of a male person, which varied in social desirableness of his dispositions and assumed involvement period of relationships. They reported interpersonal attraction of the target male person on IJS(Byrne, 1971). Results show that social desirableness and similarity influenced interpersonal attraction of the target male independently. The moderating effects of involvement period of relationships were not found. Involvement period of relationships had unique effects on interpersonal attraction of socially desirable males. The implications of the independent effects of social desirableness and similarity, and the sex differences on the impact of involvement period were discussed.5KJ00004174414論文Articledepartmental bulletin pape