Bhogal, M.S., Bartlett, J.E. and Farrelly, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1505-686X
(2019)
The Influence of Mate Choice Motivation on Non-Financial Altruism.
Current Psychology, 38 (4).
pp. 959-964.
ISSN Print: 1046-1310 Online: 1936-4733
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Abstract
Several studies have found that individuals are more altruistic towards potential mates than others, suggesting altruistic behavior may be a mating signal. Much of the literature focuses on financial altruism using economic games, however altruism can also comprise of non-financial acts, which this experiment examined in an attempt to replicate and refine previous findings. A study was conducted with 199 participants, who viewed both high attractive and low attractive opposite-sex images and were asked how likely they would be to altruistically share their research credits with the person in the image, whilst controlling for self-rated attractiveness. The findings suggest that both men and women were more altruistic towards pictures of high attractive than low attractive potential mating partners (Cohen’s d = 0.37). This study therefore partially replicates previous research examining the role of mate choice effects when exploring non-financial altruism.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Staff and students at the University of Worcester can access the full-text via the UW online library search. External users should check availability with their local library or Interlibrary Requests Service. |
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: | altruism, dictator game, attractiveness, sexual selection theory, mate choice, prosocial behaviour, IRWRG |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | College of Business, Psychology and Sport > School of Psychology |
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Depositing User: | Daniel Farrelly |
Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2018 16:08 |
Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2023 10:16 |
URI: | https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/7321 |
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