Partner Preferences of the Intellectually Gifted

Dijkstra, Pieternel; Barelds, Dick P. H.; Groothof, Hinke A. K.; Ronner, Sieuwke; Nauta, A. P.

doi:10.1080/01494929.2011.628779

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“…As women's likelihood to initiate sex in relationships was predicted by partner compatibility and relationship length, the relationship bond seems to be the major factor influencing women's sexual initiative. The impact of compatibility or similarity between women and their partners is in line with other empirical data on partner preferences (e.g., Castro, Hattori & Lopes, ; Dijkstra & Barelds, ; Dijkstra, Barelds, Groothof, Ronner & Nauta, ). As the jealousy literature (e.g., Buss et al ., ; Kennair, Nordeide, Andreassen, Strønen & Pallesen, ) notes, women's adaptive challenge has been to secure commitment and investment; reproductive interest (i.e., initiative to intercourse) should increase in settings where she has a partner that has proven to be committed.…”

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Factors predicting the probability of initiating sexual intercourse by context and sex

Grøntvedt

Kennair

Mehmetoglu

2015

Scandinavian J Psychology

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Despite men initiating sex more than women there is considerable variance within the sexes. This study is the first to consider the impact of multiple predictors from the literature, and investigates how factors, such as relationship length, sociosexuality, and different aspects of self-perceived mate value among others, independently and interactively predict initiation of sexual intercourse in both short-term sexual and long-term romantic mating contexts, testing predictions from Sexual strategies theory. For long-term relationships, positive partner bond increased initiative to sexual intercourse for women. For men, self-perceived independence increased probability of taking the initiative, while relationship attachment decreased probability. For short-term relations, the desire component of the sociosexual orientation inventory increased probability of initiation for both sexes, while male initiative was increased by pleasure reasons for sex. The impact of individual predictors on initiating intercourse is influenced by being included in a multidimensional model, and relationship context affects the impact of the predictors.

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Factors predicting the probability of initiating sexual intercourse by context and sex

Grøntvedt

Kennair

Mehmetoglu

2015

Scandinavian J Psychology

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“…To do otherwise is to shortchange a significant segment of the K-12 population that deserves an appropriate education and can make important contributions to our society. (National Association for Gifted Children, 2013, p. 1) Research on gifted adults' choice of romantic partners supports the similarity-attraction hypothesis, suggesting gifted adults are romantically attracted to other gifted or high ability adults (Benbow et al, 2000;Byrne, 1971;Byrne & Nelson, 1965;Dijkstra et al, 2012). Furthermore, those gifted adults in romantic relationships with other gifted or high ability adults are likely to be more satisfied with their relationships, at least during the early 30s (Perrone-McGovern et al, 2012).…”

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“…The available literature regarding romantic relationships, however, is limited in terms of representing the entire population of gifted adults. Dijkstra et al (2012), for example, draw conclusions about the desired characteristics of romantic partners from a sampling of Mensa members, whose motivations for seeking membership in the high IQ group may affect the study results and may not be representative of all gifted adults. Also, it is important to note that the available research only examines heterosexual couples.…”

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“…Participants with gifted spouses had higher marital and life satisfaction scores than participants with non-gifted spouses at the first data collection point, but there were no significant differences between participants with gifted spouses, and those with non-gifted spouses with regard to marital and life satisfaction at the second data collection point. In a study of 354 heterosexual members of Mensa and 558 heterosexual individuals of average ability, Dijkstra, Barelds, Groothof, Ronner, and Nauta (2012) found the gifted group thought it was more important to have a partner with high intelligence than did the individuals in the average ability group. The individuals in the gifted group also rated the following characteristics as more important than did the individuals in the average ability group: highly educated and is similar to you.…”

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Gifted Adults

Rinn

Bishop

2015

Gifted Child Quarterly

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What happens when a gifted child grows up? Educators, parents, researchers, policy makers, and counselors spend a considerable amount of time planning for, and attending to, the educational, cognitive, and socioemotional needs of gifted children, but for what purpose? To ensure the gifted child is adequately intellectually stimulated during childhood and that his or her social and emotional needs are met? Do we also have a bigger end goal? Many in the field of gifted education would argue that we want to prepare gifted children to meet their potential and to be capable, productive, successful, happy, and even eminent (Subotnik, Olszewski-Kubilius, & Worrell, 2011;Subotnik & Rickoff, 2010) adults. But, how do we know gifted education has met these goals? If we accept that gifted education has a larger purpose than the day-to-day activities, projects, and homework assignments that come along with a gifted program, we must also accept that gifted children grow up. "It's not as though these former children slough off their giftedness like discarded skin at the age of sixteen or eighteen or twenty-one. Gifted children do grow up, and they become gifted adults" (Jacobsen, 1999a, p. 9). Yet we know very little about what happens once a gifted individual graduates from high school (Rinn & Plucker, 2004), and even less about what happens when a gifted individual "grows up."Over the past two decades, a number of provocative book titles regarding gifted adults have appeared in mainstream media that attempt to answer some questions about the lives of gifted adults:

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“…1 On the face of it, a preference for an intelligent partner would not seem to be a controversial point. Social psychological research on attraction consistently highlights the importance of intelligence in both mate selection preferences (Buss, 1989; Greitemeyer, 2007; Lange, Zaretsky, Schwarz, & Euler, 2014; Prokosch, Coss, Scheib, & Blozis, 2009; Stanik & Ellsworth, 2010) and in strengthening and maintaining relational satisfaction (Botwin, Buss, & Shackelford, 1997; Dijiskira, Barelds, Groothof, Ronner, & Nauta, 2012; Escorial & Martin-Buro, 2012; Furnham, 2009). In addition, a large body of research has shown both the prevalence and the benefits of similarity between romantic partners on key dimensions, including intelligence, attitudes and values (Acitelli, Kenny, & Weiner, 2001; Brown & Brown, 2015; Klohnen & Mendelsohn, 1998; Montoya & Horton, 2012).…”

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Accountable Preferences? Discourse, Identity, and the Anti-Prejudice Norm

Stapleton¹

2016

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

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There is, today, a powerful social norm against the expression of prejudice. Hence, as shown in many discursive studies, speakers treat prejudice as an accountable matter and use various strategies (e.g., disclaimers, mitigation, denials, and reformulations) to avoid being seen as personally prejudiced. Analysts have identified this practice as a "new" form of discriminatory discourse, which allows expression of prejudice without negative identity repercussions. Relevant studies are generally undertaken from a critical perspective and focus on structural inequalities (particularly race and gender). However, speakers may also demonstrate sensitivity around unexpected issues which lack overt prejudice connotations. This article examines one such example of unexpected sensitivity to the anti-prejudice norm. It analyses how five young female academics problematise and resolve their preference for an "intelligent" romantic partner. Their preference is uncontroversial in relationship terms, but here, in the academic context, it is clearly treated as accountable and as possibly inviting negative attributions. The data show functional and lexical features of "new" discriminatory discourse. The speakers orient towards attributions of intellectual elitism and use various means to deflect these, while ultimately upholding their stated preference for an intelligent partner. The analysis demonstrates how the anti-prejudice norm extends across settings/topics and how accountability is occasioned and context specific. This has implications for how prejudice itself, as a discursive construct, may be identified and evidenced. Specifically, it might be argued that analysts only have empirical access to accountability (occasioned in specific contexts), rather than to exclusionary or prejudiced ideologies per se.

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Partner Preferences of the Intellectually Gifted

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Factors predicting the probability of initiating sexual intercourse by context and sex

Factors predicting the probability of initiating sexual intercourse by context and sex

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