title: Physical strength and dance attractiveness: Further evidence for an association in men, but not in women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Physical strength provides information about male quality and can be assessed from facial and body morphology. Research on perception of dance movements indicates that body movement also provides information about male physical strength. These relationships have not been investigated for women.
  
  
  METHODS
  We investigated relationships of handgrip strength (HGS) and dance attractiveness perception in 75 men and 84 women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We identified positive relationships between HGS and opposite-sex assessments of dance attractiveness for men but not women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The replication of previous research investigating relationships between dance attractiveness and physical strength in men corroborates the hypothesis that dance movements provide information about male quality. We argue that these relationships are interpretable in contexts of inter- and intra-sexual selection.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology and Courant Research Center Evolution of Social Behavior, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weege
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan.
authors.forename: Michael N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan.
authors.forename: Todd K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Shackelford
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology and Courant Research Center Evolution of Social Behavior, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fink
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001504:Beauty; D003615:Dancing; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D018737:Hand Strength; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012737:Sex Factors; D014796:Visual Perception; D055815:Young Adult