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The Influence of Mate Choice Motivation on Non-Financial Altruism

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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
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
Related URLs:	https://link.springer.com/journal/12144 https://library.worc.ac.uk/
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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