%0 Journal Article
%T Person Perception Through Gait Information and Target Choice for Sexual Advances: Comparison of Likely Targets in Experiments and Real Life
%J Journal of nonverbal behavior
%D 2006
%A Sakaguchi, Kikue
%A Hasegawa, Toshikazu
%V 30
%N 2
%P 63-85
%X Point-light and full-view short video clips of female walkers were displayed on a CRT monitor and male students rated the likelihood of selecting a walker for various advances. Relationships between the ratings, the walker's self-reported frequencies of being approached, gait cues, and self-rated personality traits were examined. In the point-light condition, raters selected slow walkers with a short stride length and personality traits implying vulnerability as targets for inappropriate touching. In the full-view condition, the raters selected fashionably groomed or physically attractive walkers as sexual advance targets. These criteria corresponded partially with reported occurrences of advances. Awkward movement impression was suggested as a kinematic gait quality influencing sexual advance target choice.   <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group
%@ 0191-5886
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10919-006-0006-2