It's not all about her: Men's mate value and mate retention

被引：88

作者：

Miner, Emily J. ^{[1
]}

Starratt, Valerie G. ^{[2
]}

Shackelford, Todd K. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Florida Atlantic Univ, Dept Psychol, Davie, FL 33314 USA

[2] Nova SE Univ, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33314 USA

来源：

PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES | 2009年 / 47卷 / 03期

关键词：

Male mate retention; Sexual infidelity; Mate value; Evolutionary psychology; VIOLENCE; TACTICS; VIGILANCE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.paid.2009.03.002

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Men may have evolved psychological mechanisms that motivate mate retention behaviors to prevent their partners from being sexually unfaithful or defecting from the relationship because these events are likely to have inflicted reproductive costs on males over human evolutionary history. In the current research, 235 women provided information about their own and their long-term partners' mate value relative to alternatives, as well as information about their partners' mate retention behaviors. Men's mate value is a better predictor of men's mate retention behaviors than is women's mate value. Specifically. men of higher mate value perform more benefit-provisioning and fewer cost-inflicting mate retention behaviors than men of lower mate value. The discussion notes limitations and highlights directions for future research. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：214 / 218

页数：5

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