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Sex differences in human mate preferences vary across sex ratios.
Walter, Kathryn V; Conroy-Beam, Daniel; Buss, David M; Asao, Kelly; Sorokowska, Agnieszka; Sorokowski, Piotr; Aavik, Toivo; Akello, Grace; Alhabahba, Mohammad Madallh; Alm, Charlotte; Amjad, Naumana; Anjum, Afifa; Atama, Chiemezie S; Duyar, Derya Atamtürk; Ayebare, Richard; Batres, Carlota; Bendixen, Mons; Bensafia, Aicha; Bizumic, Boris; Boussena, Mahmoud; Butovskaya, Marina; Can, Seda; Cantarero, Katarzyna; Carrier, Antonin; Cetinkaya, Hakan; Croy, Ilona; Cueto, Rosa María; Czub, Marcin; Dronova, Daria; Dural, Seda; Duyar, Izzet; Ertugrul, Berna; Espinosa, Agustín; Estevan, Ignacio; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Fang, Luxi; Frackowiak, Tomasz; Garduño, Jorge Contreras; González, Karina Ugalde; Guemaz, Farida; Gyuris, Petra; Halamová, Mária; Herak, Iskra; Horvat, Marina; Hromatko, Ivana; Hui, Chin-Ming; Jaafar, Jas Laile; Jiang, Feng; Kafetsios, Konstantinos; Kavcic, Tina.
Afiliação
  • Walter KV; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
  • Conroy-Beam D; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
  • Buss DM; Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
  • Asao K; Department of Psychology, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, USA.
  • Sorokowska A; Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50137, Poland.
  • Sorokowski P; Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany.
  • Aavik T; Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50137, Poland.
  • Akello G; Institute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50090, Estonia.
  • Alhabahba MM; Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu 166, Uganda.
  • Alm C; English Language Department, Middle East University, Amman 11181, Jordan.
  • Amjad N; Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden.
  • Anjum A; Department of Applied Psychology, NUR International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Atama CS; Institute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan.
  • Duyar DA; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and.
  • Ayebare R; Deparment of Anthropology, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34452, Turkey.
  • Batres C; North Star Alliance, Kampala, Uganda.
  • Bendixen M; Department of Psychology, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster 17603, USA.
  • Bensafia A; Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
  • Bizumic B; Laboratory Education-Formation-Travail (EFORT), Department of Sociology, and.
  • Boussena M; Research School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia.
  • Butovskaya M; Laboratory EFORT, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Algiers 2, Algiers 16000, Algeria.
  • Can S; Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia.
  • Cantarero K; Center for Social Anthropology, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow 119991, Russia.
  • Carrier A; Department of Psychology, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir 35300, Turkey.
  • Cetinkaya H; Social Behavior Research Center, Faculty in Wroclaw, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Wroclaw 53238, Poland.
  • Croy I; Psychology Faculty (Center for the Study of Social Behavior), and.
  • Cueto RM; Department of Psychology, Ankara University, Ankara 6560, Turkey.
  • Czub M; Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden 1069, Germany.
  • Dronova D; Grupo de Psicología Política y Social (GPPS), Departamento de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima 15088, Perú.
  • Dural S; Department of Psychology, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, USA.
  • Duyar I; Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia.
  • Ertugrul B; Department of Psychology, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir 35300, Turkey.
  • Espinosa A; Deparment of Anthropology, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34452, Turkey.
  • Estevan I; Deparment of Anthropology, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34452, Turkey.
  • Esteves CS; Grupo de Psicología Política y Social (GPPS), Departamento de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima 15088, Perú.
  • Fang L; Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de la República, Motevideo 11200, Uruguay.
  • Frackowiak T; Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Católica Lisbon Research Unit in Business and Economics, Portugal.
  • Garduño JC; Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
  • González KU; Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50137, Poland.
  • Guemaz F; Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Morelia UNAM, Morelia 58190, Mexico.
  • Gyuris P; Psychology Department, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, San José 11501, Costa Rica.
  • Halamová M; Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Sétif2, Sétif 16000, Algeria.
  • Herak I; Institute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs 7624, Hungary.
  • Horvat M; Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Care, Department of Psychological Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra 94974, Slovakia.
  • Hromatko I; Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organisations (LOURiM), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve 1348, Belgium.
  • Hui CM; Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology, University of Maribor, Maribor 2000, Slovenia.
  • Jaafar JL; Department of Psychology, Faculty for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia.
  • Jiang F; Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Morelia UNAM, Morelia 58190, Mexico.
  • Kafetsios K; Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
  • Kavcic T; Organization and Human Resource Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 102202, People's Republic of China.
Proc Biol Sci ; 288(1955): 20211115, 2021 07 28.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34284630
ABSTRACT
A wide range of literature connects sex ratio and mating behaviours in non-human animals. However, research examining sex ratio and human mating is limited in scope. Prior work has examined the relationship between sex ratio and desire for short-term, uncommitted mating as well as outcomes such as marriage and divorce rates. Less empirical attention has been directed towards the relationship between sex ratio and mate preferences, despite the importance of mate preferences in the human mating literature. To address this gap, we examined sex ratio's relationship to the variation in preferences for attractiveness, resources, kindness, intelligence and health in a long-term mate across 45 countries (n = 14 487). We predicted that mate preferences would vary according to relative power of choice on the mating market, with increased power derived from having relatively few competitors and numerous potential mates. We found that each sex tended to report more demanding preferences for attractiveness and resources where the opposite sex was abundant, compared to where the opposite sex was scarce. This pattern dovetails with those found for mating strategies in humans and mate preferences across species, highlighting the importance of sex ratio for understanding variation in human mate preferences.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Razão de Masculinidade / Caracteres Sexuais Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Razão de Masculinidade / Caracteres Sexuais Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article