《中英對照讀新聞》Unhappy home link to appearance 不快樂的家庭影響外型

◎鄭寺音

Girls from broken homes may grow up to be less attractive,research published by the Royal Society shows.

來自破碎家庭的女孩子，長大後可能比較沒有吸引力，皇家協會公佈的研究顯示。

Two studies from a team at St Andrew's University suggested that women whose parents had separated or had a poor relationship looked more masculine. Researchers assessed facial features and body shape in 229 women and found those from stable homes appeared more feminine and healthy.

聖安德魯斯大學一個團隊的2份研究顯示，父母仳離或關係不佳的女性，看起來比較陽剛。研究人員評估229名女性的臉部特徵與體型，發現來自穩定家庭者，外型比較女性化也比較健康。

The results may be linked to levels of testosterone-the male sex hormone. However, it is unclear if increased testosterone in the offspring of parents who separate is genetic or caused by stress of an unhappy family life.

這樣的結果可能與男性荷爾蒙睪丸素的量有關。但並不清楚，父母分居的子女，是遺傳或不快樂家庭生活的壓力，導致睪丸素較多。

Researchers took photographs of psychology students who had completed a questionnaire about their family background.The pictures were rated for attractiveness, feminity, and healthiness. Women whose parents had a good relationship were found to be more attractive than women whose parents had separated.

研究人員拍攝填寫完家庭背景問卷的心理學學生照片。這些照片依照吸引力、女性化與健康分等級。父母關係良好的女性，被發現比父母仳離的女性較具吸引力。

Women whose parents had stayed together but had a poor relationship were rated the least attractive of the three groups and were also judged to be the least healthy.

父母住在一起、但關係差的女性，在3組中被評為最不具吸引力，也被判定為最不健康。

新聞辭典

appearance：外貌，外觀；外表。例句：The appearance of the old house completely changed.那間舊房子的外觀全變了。

feminine：形容詞，女性的、女孩子氣的；名詞為femininity，指「女子氣質、嬌柔」。例句：Long hair was traditionally regarded as a sign of femininity. 長髮傳統上被視為女性化的象徵。