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 competitionPersistent 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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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
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Arnocky, Steven
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Sunderani, Shafik
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Albert, Graham
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Norris, Kate
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Date of first publication2014-12-19
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Abstract / DescriptionAlthough 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.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationArnocky, 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.v8i2.159en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1827
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2193
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i2.159
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Keyword(s)facilitative matingen_US
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Keyword(s)mating strategiesen_US
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Keyword(s)mating competitionen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleSex Differences and Individual Differences in Human Facilitative and Preventive Courtshipen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Page numbers210–221
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Volume8
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