Aitken, Sue and Lyons, Minna and Jonason, Peter K. (2013) Dads or cads? Women’s strategic decisions in the mating game. Personality and Individual Differences, 55 (2). pp. 118-122. ISSN 0191-8869
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We report the findings of two studies (N = 142; N = 28) investigating women’s preference for men in short- and long-term mating scenarios and perceptions of honesty of dating adverts written by men high or low in Machiavellianism. Overall, men low on Machiavellianism (viz., dads), were preferred as long-term mates; and men high on Machiavellianism (viz., cads) as short-term mates. Fertile women preferred cads for a short-term relationship and dads as a long-term partner. Higher ratings were given to all adverts when females were fertile, suggesting generally higher levels of desire for a partner when the possibility of conception is highest. In contrast to previous work suggesting traits like Machiavellianism may facilitate a deceptive or exploitative mating strategy in men, the present results suggest (1) women are attuned to differences in men’s personality as a function of fertility and (2) affirms that women prefer cads for short-term mating and dads for long-term mating.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Machiavellianism; Mate choice; Dating advertisements; Fertility |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Human and Digital Sciences > School of Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Users 3 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2014 15:36 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2014 16:27 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/215 |
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