Warm and Homely or Cold and Beautiful ? Sex Differences in Trading Off Traits in Mate Selection  

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Fletcher, Garth J. O. ; Friesen, Myron ; O'Loughlin, Claire ; Tither, Jacqueline M. ; Overall, Nickola

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 30 no. 6 (Jun. 2004), page 659-672.
Topik: trading; sex; mate selection; trade - offs; traits
Fulltext: 659PSPB306.pdf (171.13KB)

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Prior research and theory suggest that people use three main sets of criteria in mate selection : warmth / trustworthiness, attractiveness / vitality, and status / resources. In two studies, men and women made mating choices between pairs of hypothetical potential partners and were forced to make trade -offs among these three criteria (e. g., warm and homely vs. cold and attractive). As predicted, women (relative to men) placed greater importance on warmth / trustworthiness and status / resources in a potential mate but less importance on attractiveness / vitality. In addition, as expected : (a) ratings of ideal standards partly mediated the link between sex and mate choices, (b) ideal standards declined in importance from long - term to short - term relationships, with the exception of attractiveness / vitality, and unexpectedly, (c) sex differences were higher for long- term (compared to short - term) mate choice. Explanations and implications are discussed.

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