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Mutual Mate Choice Drives the Desirability of Altruism in Relationships

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Farrelly, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1505-686X and King, Laura (2019) Mutual Mate Choice Drives the Desirability of Altruism in Relationships. Current Psychology, 38 (4). pp. 977-981. ISSN Print: 1046-1310 Online: 1936-4733

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Abstract

Although previous research has found that altruism is an important trait in human mate choice, much of this has concentrated on female preferences only. Subsequently, the current study explored how both men and women desire altruistic partners who varied in physical attractiveness for both short and long term romantic relationships. A sample of 136 women and 53 men viewed profiles of members of the opposite sex of either high or low physical attractiveness, alongside scenarios that described them as either being altruistic or not. Participants then rated each targets’ desirability as both a short and long term partner. As hypothesised, altruism was rated more desirable, particularly for long term relationships, by both men and women. However there were inconsistent findings when physical attractiveness was accounted for, which did not support the hypotheses nor directly replicate previous findings. Overall it was concluded that although the study provided strong support for the desirability of altruism being due to mutual mate choice, the additional effects of examining other mate choice traits such as attractiveness shows much is still to be known.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Current Psychology. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00194-0 Staff and students at the University of Worcester can access the full-text of the online published version via the UW online library search. External users should check availability with their local library or Interlibrary Requests Service.
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords:	altruism, gender, attractiveness, relationship length, desirability, 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
Depositing User:	Daniel Farrelly
Date Deposited:	21 Feb 2019 15:57
Last Modified:	14 Feb 2023 10:16
URI:	https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/7592

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