Mate Value Discrepancy and Mate Retention Behaviors of Self and Partner

Sela, Yael; Mogilski, Justin K.; Shackelford, Todd K.; Zeigler‐Hill, Virgil; Fink, Bernhard

doi:10.1111/jopy.12281

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“…Because cosmetic surgery artificially enhances a woman’s perceived attractiveness, women who undergo cosmetic procedures may thereby indirectly derogate intrasexual competitors. Women’s enhanced appearance, moreover, may inflate mate value discrepancy within a romantic dyad, consequently resulting in a decrease in their partner’s self-esteem—consistent with the conceptualization of Cost-Inflicting mate retention ( Sela et al, 2016 ). It was therefore expected that consideration of cosmetic surgery will be positively associated with both Benefit-Provisioning mate retention (Hypothesis 1) and Cost-Inflicting (Hypothesis 2) mate retention for women, but not men.…”

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Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery As Part of Women’s Benefit-Provisioning Mate Retention Strategy

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Individuals perform mate retention behaviors to minimize the risk of partner infidelity and relationship dissolution. The current study investigates whether consideration of cosmetic surgery can be conceptualized as part of a broader strategy of mate retention for women, but not men. We hypothesized that women’s consideration of cosmetic surgery would be positively associated with performance frequencies of Benefit-Provisioning and Cost-Inflicting mate retention behaviors. We recruited 203 individuals (54% women) in committed heterosexual relationships from Tehran, Iran. Results indicate a positive association between consideration of cosmetic surgery and Benefit-Provisioning mate retention behaviors for women, but not men. There was no association between consideration of cosmetic surgery and Cost-Inflicting mate retention behaviors. Women therefore may consider cosmetic surgery to improve their physical attractiveness as part of a Benefit-Provisioning strategy to retain a long-term mate. We discuss limitations of the study and highlight future directions for research from an evolutionary perspective.

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“…Participants self-reported their mate value as well as their partner's mate value (as both self and partner-mate values predict the use of mate retention behaviours, see Miner et al 2009). Consistent with Sela et al (2016), we calculated mate value discrepancy by computing the difference between the participants' self and partner mate values.…”

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Mate Value Discrepancy and Attachment Anxiety Predict the Perpetration of Digital Dating Abuse

Bhogal

Howman

2018

Evolutionary Psychological Science

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Research suggests that individual differences in attachment style predict the perpetration of digital dating abuse. In addition to attachment style, no research, to our knowledge, has explored the role of mate value in the perpetration of digital dating abuse. In this paper, we argue that digital dating abuse is a contemporary cost-inflicting mate retention behaviour, where larger mate value discrepancies between partners are associated with higher levels of digital dating abuse (n = 167). As expected, high mate value discrepancy and attachment anxiety were associated with high levels of digital dating abuse. We provide novel support for the relationship between mate value discrepancy and digital dating abuse. Our findings provide support for additional, unexplored factors which lead to the perpetration of digital dating abuse.

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“…From this perspective, similarity may be a key factor that influences the degree of love. In addition, researchers found that differences in excellence levels, such as those relating to ability and achievement, between partners would also be an important factor influencing romantic relationships ( Conroy-Beam et al, 2016 ).…”

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The Deeper the Love, the Deeper the Hate

Jin

Xiang

2017

Front. Psychol.

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Love and hate are basic human affects. Previous research has focused on the classification, functions, and other aspects of these two affects. However, few studies have been conducted on the relationship between love and hate. The present study investigated whether similarity within romantic partners was associated with greater feelings of love in the absence of betrayal, and greater hate induced in the presence of betrayal by using vignettes to induce love and hate in a sample of 59 young adults. The results showed that people who shared similar values and interests with the target persons were more likely to experience stronger love. Additionally, stronger feelings of love were associated with greater hate after the relationship was broken, suggesting a link between romantic love and hate. Our study revealed a complex picture of love and hate. People have different emotional reactions toward different target persons in the context of romantic love and hate. If one loves someone deeply and sometimes hates that person, the feeling of love may still be dominant in the context of betrayal. However, if one does not love that person, hate will be a much stronger feeling than love.

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Mate Value Discrepancy and Mate Retention Behaviors of Self and Partner

Cited by 39 publications

References 40 publications

Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery As Part of Women’s Benefit-Provisioning Mate Retention Strategy

Consideration of Cosmetic Surgery As Part of Women’s Benefit-Provisioning Mate Retention Strategy

Mate Value Discrepancy and Attachment Anxiety Predict the Perpetration of Digital Dating Abuse

The Deeper the Love, the Deeper the Hate

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