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Sex Differences and Individual Differences in Human Facilitative and Preventive Courtship

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Arnocky, Steven
Sunderani, Shafik
Albert, Graham
Norris, Kate

Abstract / Description

Although cooperative mating strategies have been observed in other species, the extent to which men and women act to facilitate the mating success of others has been under-researched, especially among unrelated individuals. The present study addressed this gap in knowledge by exploring potential sex differences and individual differences in attitudes toward facilitating and preventing friends’ mating among 256 heterosexual undergraduate men and women. Results showed that women were more likely than men to express attitudes toward preventing the sexuality of friends, whereas no sex difference existed in facilitative mating. For both men and women, positive reciprocity beliefs and high self-perceived mate-value predicted positive attitudes toward facilitative mating. Among women, preventive mating was predicted by low sociosexuality and high intrasexual (within-sex) competitiveness.

Keyword(s)

facilitative mating mating strategies mating competition

Persistent Identifier

Date of first publication

2014-12-19

Journal title

Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships

Volume

8

Issue

2

Page numbers

210–221

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

Publication status

publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Citation

Arnocky, S., Sunderani, S., Albert, G., & Norris, K. (2014). Sex Differences and Individual Differences in Human Facilitative and Preventive Courtship. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 8(2), 210–221. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i2.159
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Arnocky, Steven
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Sunderani, Shafik
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Albert, Graham
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Norris, Kate
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-12-05T08:44:38Z
  • Made available on
    2018-12-05T08:44:38Z
  • Date of first publication
    2014-12-19
  • Abstract / Description
    Although cooperative mating strategies have been observed in other species, the extent to which men and women act to facilitate the mating success of others has been under-researched, especially among unrelated individuals. The present study addressed this gap in knowledge by exploring potential sex differences and individual differences in attitudes toward facilitating and preventing friends’ mating among 256 heterosexual undergraduate men and women. Results showed that women were more likely than men to express attitudes toward preventing the sexuality of friends, whereas no sex difference existed in facilitative mating. For both men and women, positive reciprocity beliefs and high self-perceived mate-value predicted positive attitudes toward facilitative mating. Among women, preventive mating was predicted by low sociosexuality and high intrasexual (within-sex) competitiveness.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Arnocky, S., Sunderani, S., Albert, G., & Norris, K. (2014). Sex Differences and Individual Differences in Human Facilitative and Preventive Courtship. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 8(2), 210–221. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i2.159
    en_US
  • ISSN
    1981-6472
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1827
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2193
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i2.159
  • Keyword(s)
    facilitative mating
    en_US
  • Keyword(s)
    mating strategies
    en_US
  • Keyword(s)
    mating competition
    en_US
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Sex Differences and Individual Differences in Human Facilitative and Preventive Courtship
    en_US
  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    2
  • Journal title
    Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
  • Page numbers
    210–221
  • Volume
    8
  • Visible tag(s)
    Version of Record