Indian mate preferences: Continuity, sex differences, and cultural change across a quarter of a century

Kamble, Shanmukh V.; Shackelford, Todd K.; Pham, Michael N.; Buss, David M.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.06.024

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“…Although men spent more than women to obtain good genes traits, women spent more than men on good parent and good provider traits. This supports a wealth of literature suggesting that men prioritise cues of fertility, but women prioritise cues of resources (e.g., Buss, 1989;Kamble et al, 2014;Conroy-Beam et al, 2015;Souza et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 82%

You're not my type: Do conservatives have a bias for seeing long-term mates?

Muggleton

Fincher

2018

Evolution and Human Behavior

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

You're not my type: Do conservatives have a bias for seeing long-term mates?

Muggleton

Fincher

2018

Evolution and Human Behavior

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“…The five factors were consistent with labels reported by Atari and Jamali (2016a): kindness/dependability, attractiveness/sexuality, status/resources, education/intelligence, and religiosity/chastity (KASER). In accordance with the extant literature on sex differences in long-term mate preferences (also see Kamble, Shackelford, Pham, & Buss, 2014;Souza, Conroy-Beam, & Buss, 2016), we further hypothesized the following: Hypothesis 1: Men would score higher than women on the attractiveness/sexuality factor. Hypothesis 2: Women would score higher than men on the status/resources factor.…”

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Assessment of Long-Term Mate Preferences in Iran

Atari

2017

Evol Psychol

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Previous research suggests that assessment of mate preferences has received relatively little psychometric attention from researchers, particularly in non-Western cultures. The current research was designed to (1) extend previous findings on long-term mate preferences by using a qualitative strategy, (2) develop a psychometrically sound scale for assessment of long-term mate preferences in men, and (3) develop a sex-neutral scale for assessment of long-term mate preferences. Six dimensions of mate preferences emerged for men: F = family/domesticity, A = attractiveness/sexuality, K = kindness/dependability, E = education/intelligence, R = religiosity/chastity, and S = status/resources. These male-specific dimensions of mate preferences showed satisfactory concurrent and convergent validity as well as high internal consistency coefficients. We mixed the female- and male-specific measures of mate preferences and arrived at 20 characteristics without culture- or sex-specific content. We further hypothesized that the 20-item scale of mate preferences would have a five-factor structure (i.e., kindness/dependability, attractiveness/sexuality, status/resources, education/intelligence, religiosity/chastity [KASER]) in men and women and that this model would replicate sex differences cited in the evolutionary psychological literature. Measurement invariance was evidenced across sexes and sex differences accorded with those in the literature. Therefore, the five-factor model of long-term mate preferences (i.e., KASER model) as measured by the Iranian Mate Preferences Scale-20 may be used to evaluate long-term mate preferences in men and women in Iran. Limitations are noted and future directions are discussed in the light of evolutionary perspective on human mating psychology.

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“…Long-term mate preferences can highlight the cultural traditions and social values. In addition, changes in mate preferences can determine extant cultural values and new alterations in what people want in a potential mate (Chang, Wang, Shackelford, and Buss 2011;Kamble, Shackelford, Pham, and Buss 2014;Souza, Conroy-Beam, and Buss 2016). The scientific study of short-term and long-term mate preferences across cultures represents an important ongoing scientific endeavor (e.g., Schmitt 2005;Schmitt and Jonason 2014).…”

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“…While women's long-term mate preferences have been examined within several non-Western cultures (e.g., Kamble et al 2014;Souza et al 2016), they have not been well-researched in Iranian context. Furthermore, the associations between culture-specific variables and longterm mate preferences have not been empirically tested in Iranian context.…”

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Mate Preferences in Young Iranian Women: Cultural and Individual Difference Correlates

Atari

Jamali

2016

Evolutionary Psychological Science

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The present study investigated the link between long-term mate preferences and cultural and individual difference variables in 536 young Iranian women (mean age = 21.6, SD = 3.78). We tested a priori hypotheses on the relationships between the dimensions of women's mate preferences (kindness/dependability, status/resources, attractiveness/sexuality, religiosity/chastity, and education/intelligence) and other study variables (the desired number of children, selfperceived attractiveness, self-rated intelligence, intrinsic religiosity, Mahr, and socioeconomic status). Descriptive data suggested that young Iranian women do not endorse traditional and religious practices in marriage and long-term relationships as strongly as previously thought. Results were mostly in line with the hypotheses. Overall, the relationships between the study variables provided support for the similarity hypothesis and the notion of modernization of Iran. Limitations and future directions are discussed.

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Indian mate preferences: Continuity, sex differences, and cultural change across a quarter of a century

Cited by 43 publications

References 13 publications

You're not my type: Do conservatives have a bias for seeing long-term mates?

You're not my type: Do conservatives have a bias for seeing long-term mates?

Assessment of Long-Term Mate Preferences in Iran

Mate Preferences in Young Iranian Women: Cultural and Individual Difference Correlates

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