The moderating effects of mate-value on the relationship between perceived sex ratio and mating strategies

Millar, Murray G.; Westfall, Richard S.; Walsh, Mandy

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2019.03.019

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“…Self-concept is an individual's subjective perception and judgment of his or her physiological state, personality, attitude, social role, past experience, and other aspects (Ling et al, 2016). Based on this definition, the subjective sense of wealth provided by financial resources is strongly related to self-concept, and mate value, as a basic part of self-concept, should also be influenced by such resources (Millar et al, 2019). Researchers have found that mate value has a significant predictive effect with respect to the mate selection strategy (Surbey and Brice, 2007;Zhang et al, 2016).…”

Section: Mediating Effect Of Mate Valuementioning

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RETRACTED: Influence of Resources on Cue Preferences in Mate Selection

2020

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According to the research on the influence of resources on mate selection, the amount of financial resources affects an individual's choice of "luxuries" and "necessities" among mate selection cues, while the amount of time resources affects cue diversity. However, for a long time, researchers only paid attention to the impact of financial resources and ignored the role of time resources. Therefore, this paper draws lessons from the relevant research on the influence of time on decision-making and proposes to study mate selection from the perspective of decision-making. Additionally, current research concerning the influence of resources on the choice of a spouse focuses more on results and neglects to examine the process. Therefore, based on the relevant theories, this paper makes several theoretical assumptions regarding the influence mechanism of resource availability on mate choice decisions, gender differences, and the actor-partner effect.

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Section: Mediating Effect Of Mate Valuementioning

confidence: 99%

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2020

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“…While this is to some degree self-evident, it is also supported by a large literature showing that being married predicts higher SWB (Haring-Hidore et al, 1985;Diener, 2000; but see Stutzer & Frey, 2006). The sex ratio has been shown to impact a wide variety of behaviours (reviewed in Maner & Ackerman, 2020), from promiscuous behaviour (Kandrik et al, 2015;Millar et al, 2019;Schacht & Borgerhoff Mulder, 2015) to facial hair fashion (Barber, 2001) to female economic empowerment (Teso, 2019;Grosjean & Khattar, 2019) to economic activity (Chang & Zhang, 2015;Griskevicius et al, 2012;Wei & Zhang, 2011).…”

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The adult sex ratio of European regions predicts female, but not male, subjective well-being

Richardson

2021

Curr Psychol

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In recent years, researc in subjective well-being has found several ecological factors that may underpin societal differences in happiness. The adult sex ratio, the number of males relative to females in an environment, influences many behaviours in both humans and non-human animals. However, the possible influence of the sex ratio on subjective well-being has received little attention. I investigated the relationship between the adult sex ratio and subjective well-being in over 29,000 respondents from 133 regions of Europe. I find that women report lower subjective well-being in areas with more female-biased sex ratios, but males’ well-being was unaffected. I did not find that the sex ratio influences the sex specific probability of marriage, or marriage rates overall. I also find that increased population density is associated with lower well-being. Drawing from sociological and evolutionary theories, I suggest that results may be due to females’ decreased bargaining power in the dating market.

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“…We also tried to understand the role of social inclusion in accounting for people's responses to learning dealbreaker/maker information. We expected social inclusion to be multi-faceted and, thus, we assessed it in the context of mating (i.e., mate value; Waynforth, 2001;Kirsner et al, 2003;Millar et al, 2019), dispositional favorability towards oneself that may index how much others like them (i.e., self-esteem; Leary, 1999), and people's dispositional feeling of being left out, unsupported, not belonging (i.e., loneliness; Russell, 1996). Indeed, each trait revealed different processes of responding to dealbreakers/makers.…”

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“…We base our thinking loosely on the sociometer theory that suggests that measure of one's sense of social inclusion are outcomes based on feedback from the world in terms of how much others like them and want to affiliate with them (Leary et al, 1995;Leary, 1999;Kirkpatrick and Ellis, 2001). Social inclusion may come in at least three forms: mate value (i.e., a person's sense of embodying qualities that prospective partners are interested in; Waynforth, 2001;Kirsner et al, 2003;Millar et al, 2019), selfesteem (i.e., their sense of general acceptance by others; Leary, 1999), and loneliness (i.e., the emotion of feeling left out, unsupported, not belonging; Russell, 1996).…”

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To see or not to see (again): Dealbreakers and dealmakers in relation to social inclusion

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In this study, we replicated what is known about the relative importance of dealbreakers (i.e., traits avoided) and dealmakers (i.e., traits sought) in romantic and sexual relationships and extended it to an examination of self-reports of mate value, self-esteem, and loneliness. In two experiments (N = 306; N = 304) we manipulated the information people were told about potential partners and asked them about their intentions to have sex again with or go on a second date with opposite sex targets. People were less interested in partners after learning dealbreakers, effects which operated more strongly in the long-term than short-term context, but similarly in men and women. People who reported less self-esteem or more loneliness were more receptive to people with dealbreakers. People who thought they had more mate value, more self-esteem, or less loneliness were more receptive to dealmakers. Results are discussed using sociometer, prospect, and sexual strategies theories.

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The moderating effects of mate-value on the relationship between perceived sex ratio and mating strategies

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

RETRACTED: Influence of Resources on Cue Preferences in Mate Selection

RETRACTED: Influence of Resources on Cue Preferences in Mate Selection

The adult sex ratio of European regions predicts female, but not male, subjective well-being

To see or not to see (again): Dealbreakers and dealmakers in relation to social inclusion

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