Mate selection preferences: gender differences examined in a national sample.
Mate selection preferences: gender differences examined in a national sample.
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择偶偏好：在全国样本中检查性别差异。
DOI：
10.1037//0022-3514.66.6.1074
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发表时间：
1994
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Hatfield,E
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作者：
Sprecher,S;Sullivan,Q;Hatfield,E
社会心理学家花了相当大的理论和经验上的注意力来研究性别差异对配偶的期望特征。然而，大多数关于配偶偏好的研究都是在没有代表性的小样本中进行的。在这项研究中，我们分析了从全国概率样本--全国家庭和家庭调查--中收集的单身成年人的数据。受访者被要求考虑婚姻伴侣的12种可能的资产或负债，并表明他们愿意嫁给拥有这些特征的人。这些数据扩展了之前的研究，在全国人口的不同样本中比较了男性和女性的配偶偏好，并比较了不同社会人口群体的性别差异。这项研究中发现的性别差异与之前的研究中发现的性别差异是一致的(例如，年轻和外表吸引力对男性的重要性高于女性；收入潜力对男性的重要性低于女性)，并且在不同年龄段和种族之间相当一致。然而，不同的社会人口统计群体在一些配偶偏好的性别差异方面略有不同。(心理信息数据库记录(C)2016 APA，保留所有权利)
Social psychologists have devoted considerable theoretical and empirical attention to studying gender differences in traits desired in a mate. Most of the studies on mate preferences, however, have been conducted with small, nonrepresentative samples. In this study, we analyzed data collected from single adults in a national probability sample, the National Survey of Families and Households. Respondents were asked to consider 12 possible assets or liabilities in a marriage partner and to indicate their willingness to marry someone possessing each of these traits. These data extended previous research by comparing men's and women's mate preferences in a heterogeneous sample of the national population and by comparing gender differences in different sociodemographic groups. The gender differences found in this study were consistent with those secured in previous research (eg, youth and physical attractiveness were found to be more important for men than for women; earning potential was found to be less important for men than for women) and were quite consistent across age groups and races. However, the various sociodemographic groups differed slightly in the magnitude of gender differences for some of the mate preferences.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)