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The function of love: A signaling-to-alternatives account of the commitment dev...
Gelbart, B.; Walter, K. V.; Conroy-Beam, D.; Estorque, C.; Buss, D. M.; Asao, K.; Sorokowska, A.; Sorokowski, P.; Aavik, T.; Akello, G.Love is commonly hypothesized to function as an evolved commitment device, disincentivizing the pursuit of romantic alternatives and signaling this motivational shift to a partner. Here, we test this possibility against a novel signaling-to-alternatives account, in which love instead operates by dissuading alternatives from pursuing oneself. Overall, we find stronger support for the latter account. In Studies 1...
Affective interpersonal touch in close relationships: A cross-cultural perspective
Sorokowska, A.; Saluja, S.; Sorokowski, P.; Frąckowiak,T.; Karwowski, M.; Aavik, T.; Akello, G.; Alm, C.; Amjad, N.; Anjum, A.; Asao, K.; Shaikh, R.Interpersonal touch behavior differs across cultures, yet no study to date has systematically tested for cultural variation in affective touch, nor examined the factors that might account for this variability. Here, over 14,000 individuals from 45 countries were asked whether they embraced, stroked, kissed, or hugged their partner, friends, and youngest child during the week preceding the study. We then examine...
Sex differences in human mate preferences vary across sex ratios
Walter, K. V.; Conroy-Beam, D.; Buss, D. M.; Asao, K.; Sorokowska, A.; Sorokowski, P.; Aavik, T.; Akello, G.; Alhabahba, M. M.; Alm, C.; Amjad, N.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 a...
Catching up with wonderful women: the women-are-wonderful effect is smaller in ...
Kuba, K.; Capaldi, C.; van Tilburg, W.; Lipp, O. V.; Bond, M. H.; Vauclair, C.-M.; Manickam, L. S. S.; Dominguez-Espinosa, A.; Torres, T; Lun, V. M.-C.Inequalities between men and women are common and well-documented. Objective indexes show that men are better positioned than women in societal hierarchies—there is no single country in the world without a gender gap. In contrast, researchers have found that the women-are-wonderful effect—that women are evaluated more positively than men overall—is also common. Cross-cultural studies on gender equality reveal t...