What Drives Mating Effort: Fear of Singlehood, Relationship Status, and Self-Esteem

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-04-23 DOI:10.1007/s40750-024-00239-0

Menelaos Apostolou, Burcu Tekeş, Antonios Kagialis

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Abstract

Purpose

Attracting and maintaining a romantic partner requires considerable effort. In the current study, we aimed to test the hypothesis that fear of singlehood is a primary factor driving individuals to allocate scarce resources in the mating domain.

Methods

We conducted a close-ended survey with a sample of 990 Greek and Turkish-speaking participants.

Results

We found that that a stronger fear of singlehood was associated with higher mating effort. Moreover, voluntarily single participants experienced lower fear of singlehood compared to other categories of singles and individuals in intimate relationships. Additionally, higher self-esteem was associated with lower fear of singlehood. We also identified a significant indirect effect of relationship status and self-esteem on mating effort through fear of singlehood. Specifically, involuntarily single individuals tended to exert more mating effort due to heightened fear of singlehood compared to those in other relationship status categories. Furthermore, higher self-esteem was associated with reduced mating effort, as it was associated with lower fear of singlehood. These findings held true across both the Greek and Turkish samples.

Conclusion

Relationship status and self-esteem play a role in mating effort through fear of singlehood.

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是什么驱使人们努力交配？对单身的恐惧、关系状况和自尊心

目的吸引和维持一个浪漫的伴侣需要付出相当大的努力。在当前的研究中，我们旨在检验这样一个假设，即对单身的恐惧是促使个体在交配领域分配稀缺资源的一个主要因素。结果我们发现，对单身的强烈恐惧与更高的交配努力相关。此外，与其他类别的单身人士和有亲密关系的人士相比，自愿单身的参与者对单身的恐惧感较低。此外，较高的自尊也与较低的单身恐惧有关。我们还发现，通过对单身的恐惧，关系状态和自尊对交配努力也有明显的间接影响。具体来说，与其他关系状态类别的人相比，非自愿单身的人往往会因为对单身的恐惧而付出更多的交配努力。此外，较高的自尊与较低的单身恐惧相关，因此自尊越高，交配努力越低。这些发现在希腊和土耳其的样本中都适用。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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