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    Does a taller husband make his wife happier?

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    Authors
    Sohn, Kitae
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Sohn, K. 2016. Does a taller husband make his wife happier?. Personality and Individual Differences. 91: pp. 14-21.
    Source Title
    Personality and Individual Differences
    DOI
    10.1016/j.paid.2015.11.039
    ISSN
    0191-8869
    School
    Department of Economics & Property
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51800
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.Although it has been known that women prefer tall men in mating for evolutionary reasons, no study has investigated whether a taller husband makes his wife happier. We analyzed two datasets (N. =. 7850) that are, together, representative of the Indonesian population to determine whether this is true. A greater height difference in a couple was positively related to the wife's happiness. This relationship gradually weakened over time and entirely dissipated by 18. years of marital duration. The husband's resourcefulness was a minor mediator in the relationship. We thus argue that the husband's height and its correlates made his wife initially happy, but their influence waned over time. Nevertheless, the long period of the dissipation indicates a powerful impact of male height on women's psychology, probably prepared by evolution.

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