ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2021
Sex differences in human mate preferences vary across sex ratios.
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108 authors at 20 institutions in 45 countries.
Kathryn V WalterDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
Daniel Conroy-BeamDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
David M BussDepartment of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Kelly AsaoDepartment of Psychology, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, USA.
Agnieszka SorokowskaInstitute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50137, Poland.
Piotr SorokowskiInstitute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50137, Poland.
Toivo AavikInstitute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50090, Estonia.
Grace AkelloDepartment of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu 166, Uganda.
Mohammad Madallh AlhabahbaEnglish Language Department, Middle East University, Amman 11181, Jordan.
Charlotte AlmDepartment of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden.
Naumana AmjadDepartment of Applied Psychology, NUR International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Afifa AnjumInstitute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan.
Chiemezie S AtamaDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, and.
Derya Atamtürk DuyarDeparment of Anthropology, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34452, Turkey.
Richard AyebareNorth Star Alliance, Kampala, Uganda.
Carlota BatresDepartment of Psychology, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster 17603, USA.
Mons BendixenDepartment of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Aicha BensafiaLaboratory Education-Formation-Travail (EFORT), Department of Sociology, and.
Boris BizumicResearch School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia.
Mahmoud BoussenaLaboratory EFORT, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Algiers 2, Algiers 16000, Algeria.
Marina ButovskayaInstitute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia.
Seda CanDepartment of Psychology, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir 35300, Turkey.
Katarzyna CantareroSocial Behavior Research Center, Faculty in Wroclaw, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Wroclaw 53238, Poland.
Antonin CarrierPsychology Faculty (Center for the Study of Social Behavior), and.
Hakan CetinkayaDepartment of Psychology, Ankara University, Ankara 6560, Turkey.
Ilona CroyDepartment of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden 1069, Germany.
Rosa María CuetoGrupo de Psicología Política y Social (GPPS), Departamento de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima 15088, Perú.
Marcin CzubDepartment of Psychology, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, USA.
Daria DronovaInstitute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia.
Seda DuralDepartment of Psychology, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir 35300, Turkey.
Izzet DuyarDeparment of Anthropology, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34452, Turkey.
Berna ErtugrulDeparment of Anthropology, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34452, Turkey.
Agustín EspinosaGrupo de Psicología Política y Social (GPPS), Departamento de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima 15088, Perú.
Ignacio EstevanFacultad de Psicología, Universidad de la República, Motevideo 11200, Uruguay.
Carla Sofia EstevesUniversidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Católica Lisbon Research Unit in Business and Economics, Portugal.
Luxi FangDepartment of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Tomasz FrackowiakInstitute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50137, Poland.
Jorge Contreras GarduñoEscuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Morelia UNAM, Morelia 58190, Mexico.
Karina Ugalde GonzálezPsychology Department, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, San José 11501, Costa Rica.
Farida GuemazDepartment of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Sétif2, Sétif 16000, Algeria.
Petra GyurisInstitute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs 7624, Hungary.
Mária HalamováFaculty of Social Sciences and Health Care, Department of Psychological Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra 94974, Slovakia.
Iskra HerakLouvain Research Institute in Management and Organisations (LOURiM), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve 1348, Belgium.
Marina HorvatFaculty of Arts, Department of Psychology, University of Maribor, Maribor 2000, Slovenia.
Ivana HromatkoDepartment of Psychology, Faculty for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia.
Chin-Ming HuiEscuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Morelia UNAM, Morelia 58190, Mexico.
Jas Laile JaafarDepartment of Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
Feng JiangOrganization and Human Resource Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 102202, People's Republic of China.
Konstantinos KafetsiosSchool of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and Katedra Psychologie, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Tina KavčičFaculty of Health Sciences, and.
Leif Edward Ottesen KennairDepartment of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Nicolas KervynLouvain Research Institute in Management and Organisations (LOURiM), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve 1348, Belgium.
Truong Thi Khanh HaDepartment of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.
Imran Ahmed KhiljiDepartment of Psychology, Islamabad Model College for Boys, F-10/4, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.
Nils C KöbisCenter for Research in Experimental Economics and Political Decision Making, Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081, The Netherlands.
Hoang Moc LanDepartment of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.
András LángInstitute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs 7624, Hungary.
Georgina R LennardResearch School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia.
Ernesto LeónGrupo de Psicología Política y Social (GPPS), Departamento de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima 15088, Perú.
Torun LindholmDepartment of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden.
Trinh Thi LinhDepartment of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.
Giulia LopezDepartment of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan 20123, Italy.
Nguyen Van LuotDepartment of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.
Alvaro MailhosFacultad de Psicología, Universidad de la República, Motevideo 11200, Uruguay.
Zoi ManesiDepartment of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081, The Netherlands.
Rocio MartinezDepartment of Social Psychology, University of Granada, Grenada 18010, Spain.
Sarah L McKercharResearch School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia.
Norbert MeskóInstitute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs 7624, Hungary.
Girishwar MisraDepartment of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110021, India.
Conal MonaghanResearch School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia.
Emanuel C MoraDepartment of Animal and Human Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
Alba Moya-GarófanoDepartment of Psychology, Islamabad Model College for Boys, F-10/4, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.
Bojan MusilFaculty of Arts, Department of Psychology, University of Maribor, Maribor 2000, Slovenia.
Jean Carlos NatividadeDepartment of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22451-000, Brazil.
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George NizharadzeDepartment of Social Sciences, Free University of Tbilisi, Tbilisi 2, Georgia.
Elisabeth OberzaucherFaculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria.
Anna OleszkiewiczInstitute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50137, Poland.
Mohd Sofian Omar-FauzeeSchool of Education, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok 6010, Malaysia.
Ike E OnyishiDepartment of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410002, Nigeria.
Baris ÖzenerDeparment of Anthropology, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34452, Turkey.
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Ruta SargautyteInstitute of Psychology, Vilnius University, Vilnius 1513, Lithuania.
Ivan Sarmány-SchullerCenter for Social and Psychological Sciences, Institute of Experimental Psychology SAS, Bratislava, 84104, Slovakia.
Susanne SchmehlFaculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria.
Shivantika SharadDepartment of Applied Psychology, Vivekananda College, University of Delhi, Delhi 110095, India.
Razi Sultan SiddiquiDepartment of Management Sciences, DHA Suffa University, Karachi 75500, Pakistan.
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Abstract
A wide range of literature connects sex ratio and mating behaviours in non-human animals. However, research examining sex ratio and human mating is limited in scope. Prior work has examined the relationship between sex ratio and desire for short-term, uncommitted mating as well as outcomes such as marriage and divorce rates. Less empirical attention has been directed towards the relationship between sex ratio and mate preferences, despite the importance of mate preferences in the human mating literature. To address this gap, we examined sex ratio's relationship to the variation in preferences for attractiveness, resources, kindness, intelligence and health in a long-term mate across 45 countries (
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