寬臉男更強勢？ 研究表明臉型決定性格
If you’re a man who struggles to get his own way at home, it may be down to the shape of your face.
如果你是個在家總堅持自己個性的男人其原因可能是你的臉型使然。
Men with narrower skulls are less likely to be regarded as dominant than those with wider ones, a study has found.
研究發現，臉型窄的男性不像臉型寬的男性那樣強勢。
Psychologists from Stirling University asked volunteers to look at photographs of students with neutral expressions and rate the dominance of their personality.
斯特靈大學的心理學家們要求志願者們觀看學生們面帶自然表情所拍攝的照片，並選出偏向強勢型的人。
They also photographed the volunteers and asked them to fill out a questionnaire about their own levels of authority.
他們還拍攝了志願者們的照片，要求他們填寫一份調查問卷，對自己的威信進行評價。
The research revealed a strong link between the breadth of a man’s face compared to its height, and how dominant he was considered by himself and others. The same could not be said of women.
經研究表明，相對臉型的長短而言，臉型的寬度更能突出男人偏強勢的個性特質，自己認爲自己是偏強勢型人，別人也認爲自己是偏強勢型人。對於女性而言卻並非如此。
Writing in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, the study’s lead author Viktoria Mileva said that others’ perceptionn of men with broad faces could lead them to believe they are dominant.
據發表在《個性與個體差異》雜誌上的這項研究的主作者維多利亞·米列娃說，他人覺得臉寬的人更強勢，這會讓本人也相信這種觀點。
But she added: ‘It is also possible that men with a higher width to height ratio act inherently more dominant, perhaps as a result of increased testosterone.’
但她補充道：“相對臉長的男性，臉型寬的男性也有可能生來就屬於偏強勢型的人，這也許是由於睾丸素增加的原因。
'One potential mechanism which may explain why fWHR affects male self-perceptions of dominance is how others behave towards them.
“臉型長寬比會影響男人對自己強勢與否的自我看法，這一現象可能是因爲別人的行爲造成的。”
‘If certain behavioural qualities which signal dominance, such as achievement drive, aggression and trustworthiness are visible in people’s faces through their fWHR, as our study one suggests, then actions towards these individuals may differ.
“我們的研究顯示，如果追求成就、侵略性、可信賴等強勢行爲特徵可以從面部長寬比中看出來，那麼別人對這些強勢的人的相應的行爲也可能會改變。”
‘However, it is also possible that men with a higher fWHR act and feel inherently more dominant, perhaps as a result of increased testosterone’.
“臉型寬的男性也有可能從內在特質上就屬於偏強勢型的人，也許是由於睾丸激素增加的原因。”
Previous studies have found that men with wider faces are more likely to be seen as aggressive, but also more attractive for short-term relationships.
先前的研究發現，臉型寬的男性表現出強勢好鬥的特質，但在發展短期關係上也更有吸引力。
