Title
Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries
Date Issued
01 December 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Conroy-Beam D.
Buss D.M.
Asao K.
Sorokowska A.
Sorokowski P.
Aavik T.
Akello G.
Alhabahba M.M.
Alm C.
Amjad N.
Anjum A.
Atama C.S.
Duyar D.A.
Ayebare R.
Batres C.
Bendixen M.
Bensafia A.
Bizumic B.
Boussena M.
Butovskaya M.
Can S.
Cantarero K.
Carrier A.
Cetinkaya H.
Croy I.
Czub M.
Dronova D.
Dural S.
Duyar I.
Ertugrul B.
Estevan I.
Esteves C.S.
Fang L.
Frackowiak T.
Garduño J.C.
González K.U.
Guemaz F.
Gyuris P.
Halamová M.
Herak I.
Horvat M.
Hromatko I.
Hui C.M.
Jaafar J.L.
Jiang F.
Kafetsios K.
Kavčič T.
Kennair L.E.O.
Kervyn N.
Thi Khanh Ha T.
Khilji I.A.
Köbis N.C.
Lan H.M.
Láng A.
Lennard G.R.
León E.
Lindholm T.
Thi Linh T.
Lopez G.
Van Luot N.
Mailhos A.
Manesi Z.
Martinez R.
McKerchar S.L.
Meskó N.
Misra G.
Monaghan C.
Mora E.C.
Moya-Garófano A.
Musil B.
Natividade J.C.
Niemczyk A.
Nizharadze G.
Oberzaucher E.
Oleszkiewicz A.
Omar-Fauzee M.S.
Onyishi I.E.
Özener B.
Pagani A.F.
Pakalniskiene V.
Parise M.
Pazhoohi F.
Pisanski A.
Pisanski K.
Ponciano E.
Popa C.
Prokop P.
Rizwan M.
Sainz M.
Salkičević S.
Sargautyte R.
Sarmány-Schuller I.
Schmehl S.
Sharad S.
Siddiqui R.S.
Simonetti F.
Stoyanova S.Y.
Tadinac M.
Publisher(s)
Nature Research
Abstract
Humans express a wide array of ideal mate preferences. Around the world, people desire romantic partners who are intelligent, healthy, kind, physically attractive, wealthy, and more. In order for these ideal preferences to guide the choice of actual romantic partners, human mating psychology must possess a means to integrate information across these many preference dimensions into summaries of the overall mate value of their potential mates. Here we explore the computational design of this mate preference integration process using a large sample of n = 14,487 people from 45 countries around the world. We combine this large cross-cultural sample with agent-based models to compare eight hypothesized models of human mating markets. Across cultures, people higher in mate value appear to experience greater power of choice on the mating market in that they set higher ideal standards, better fulfill their preferences in choice, and pair with higher mate value partners. Furthermore, we find that this cross-culturally universal pattern of mate choice is most consistent with a Euclidean model of mate preference integration.
Volume
9
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sociología Psicología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85075115085
PubMed ID
Source
Scientific Reports
ISSN of the container
20452322
Sponsor(s)
We thank everyone who participated in this study as well as the research assistants who assisted in translating forms, recruiting participants, and inputting data. The work of Truong Thi Khanh Ha was supported by grants 501.01–2016.02 from the Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED). Anna Oleszkiewicz was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (#626/STYP/12/2017). This study was conducted in line with project NIR No. 01201370995 “Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary researches. Biosocial and cross-cultural analysis of models of tolerance and basic values of culture in modern society” (Marina Butovskaya and Daria Dronova). Agnieszka Sorokowska and Piotr Sorokowski were supported by the National Science Center—Poland (2014/13/B/HS6/02644). Petra Gyuris, András Láng, and Norbert Meskó were supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund — OTKA (K125437). Feng Jiang was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China, grant No. 71971225.
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