Maurice J. Levesque

Elon University · Department of Psychology

Research on eating disorders has shown that European American women suffer from eating disorders and body image dissatisfaction more than African American women. However, recent meta-analyses suggest these differences may be decreasing and that some African American women may be particularly susceptible to body dissatisfaction and eating disorder s...

This study investigated sex and physical attractiveness in evaluations of perceived promiscuous persons. Evidence for the double standard was expected, such that men would rate a promiscuous woman less favorably than women would rate a promiscuous man. University students (25 women and 24 men) viewed a photograph of an attractive or unattractive ta...

Research has shown that, after brief opposite-gender interactions, men perceive women more sexually than women perceive men (e.g., Abbey, 1982). This study examined interpersonal perceptions following dyadic cross-gender interactions between unacquainted individuals. Of particular concern were perceptions of sexual traits, interaction qualities, an...

Research suggests that gay men are at particular risk for body image dissatisfaction. This study seeks to extend research on gay men's body image concerns. A survey assessed the nature and correlates of body image dissatisfaction among 64 gay men. The survey included assessments related to involvement in and perceived acceptance within the gay comm...

Round-robin self-reports regarding self-disclosure were obtained from groups of wellacquainted individuals and examined using the Social Relations Model. Degree of self-disclosure was strongly influenced by individual differences between disclosers (actor effects) and by relationship effects; that is, there was evidence for cross-partner consistenc...

The authors investigate the relative importance of actor and interaction partner as determinants of dyadic behavior. Using the social relations model (D. A. Kenny, 1994a; D. A. Kenny & L. La Voie, 1984), the authors estimate the variance attributable to each determinant plus the reciprocity of behavioral responses from 7 studies. The authors find e...

The authors investigate the relative importance of actor and interaction partner as determinants of dyadic behavior. Using the social relations model (D. A. Kenny, 1994a; D. A. Kenny & L. La Voie, 1984), the authors estimate the variance attributable to each determinant plus the reciprocity of behavioral responses from 7 studies. The authors find e...

The influence of facial prominence on traitratings made about videotaped men and women described aspursuing either stereotypically masculine or femininecareers was examined. Most participants (N = 168) were White women. Facial prominence failed toinfluence perceptions when gender or occupationstereotypes were strong. However, when those stereotypes...

A perceiver's ability to postdict whom a person selected as a dating partner as well as the types of cues utilized by the perceiver to make this judgment were examined. Segments of a television matchmaking series were used. It was found that perceivers accurately postdicted whom a dater selected, although these judgments were not related to the com...

Meta-accuracy, knowing how others view the self, was examined using the Social Relations Model. Fifteen groups of 4-6 acquainted individuals gave self-ratings, perceptions of other group members, and estimated others' perceptions of self (metaperceptions) on the Big Five and Interesting. Individuals also rated liking and metaperceptions of liking....

Meta-accuracy, knowing how others view the self, was examined using the Social Relations Model. Fifteen groups of 4-6 acquainted individuals gave self-ratings, perceptions of other group members, and estimated others' perceptions of self (metaperceptions) on the Big Five and interesting. Individuals also rated liking and metaperceptions of liking....

Four studies examined some determinants of excuse effectiveness. Timing of the excuse relative to the excuse-relevant behavior (i.e., anticipatory, post-behavior volunteered, and post-behavior requested excuses), the quality of the excuse (Weiner, 1992), the severity of the excuse-relevant behavior, the status of the excuse-giver relative to the ex...

The accuracy of behavioral predictions based on minimal information was assessed using the Social Relations Model (D. A. Kenny and L. Albright; see record 1988-07424-001). 80 women in unacquainted groups of 4 completed round robin trait ratings and predictions about extraversion-related behaviors. Each S then had a 5-min videotaped 1-on-1 interact...

Control extends through space and time, linking specific occurrences of control behaviour to perceptions of control and desire for control and to broader contexts, such as domain variations and developmental changes. A triadic conception explicitly including perceptions of control, desire for control, and capacity for actual control and focusing on...

Age differences in attributions for self-reported successes and failures in both important and daily situations were examined. Sixty-one young adults (M age = 19.2), twenty-one middle-aged adults (M age = 45), and fifteen older adults (M age = 71.4) gave attributions and affects for self-chosen situations, which were classified as social or nonsoci...