Long-term Mate Selection in Latin America: An Analysis of Personal Ads

Q2 Social Sciences

Revista Colombiana de Psicologia Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.15446/rcp.v31n1.89118

G. Gutiérrez, Leonardo Moreno Naranjo, Julio Eduardo Cruz, Lady Grey Javela, María Isabel González, Javier Rodríguez Cajamarca

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The present work aims to study which factors are relevant in the long-term mate selection, from a Lonely-hearts personal advertisement sample of Spanish-speaking consumers of Cosmopolitan Magazine´s Colombian Edition. We analyzed 1468 publications (770 men and 698 women) using a coding system based on the theories of sexual strategies, genetic quality indicators and the preferences classification used in personal ads studies. Initially, we found trends as a greater predilection for psychological attributes and a greater demand to require more traits than offering them. In addition, the cross-cultural pattern demonstrated that men prefer women’s physical characteristics, while women require status/resources by men. Finally, men tended to be more selective in the age range of 36-45 years, while women’s selectivity decreased with age. The results replicate many of the patterns found in investigations related to human sexual selection, also bring enlightenment about new preference dimensions to study in the future. How to cite this article: Moreno, L., Gutiérrez, G., Cruz, J., Javela, L., Gonzáles, M., & Rodríguez, J. (2022).Long-term Mate Selection in Latin America: Evidence from Lonely-Heart Ads. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 31 (1), 77-92. https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v31n1.89118

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Revista Colombiana de Psicologia Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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2.00

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52 weeks

期刊介绍： The Revista Colombiana de Psicología (RCP) aims to reach educational and cultural institutions interested in the psychological science, as well as psychologists and students of psychology or related disciplines. The goal of the journal is to increase public knowledge about psychology in Latin America by publishing original, peer-reviewed, articles within the several fields of psychology. In this way, RCP aims at creating a stronger academic community in this field in Latin America and to spread state-of-the-art research agendas at the international level. RCP publishes empirical and theoretical works that follow the guide lines accepted by the different scientific and theoretical perspectives in psychology, and presented as essays, meta-analysis, literature reviews and empirical studies.