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Parent-offspring conflict over mating: the case of short-term mating strategies
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Apostolou, Menelaos (2009) Parent-offspring conflict over mating: the case of short-term mating strategies. Personality and Individual Differences, Vol.47 (No.8). pp. 895-899. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.014
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.014
Abstract
Individuals solve problems of reproduction by engaging in long-term and short-term mating. Short-term mating strategies have both costs and benefits, but their costs are higher for parents than they are for offspring. On this basis, three hypotheses are formulated: first, individuals consider short-term mating strategies more acceptable for themselves than for their offspring. Second, parents consider short-term mating strategies less acceptable for their daughters than for their sons. Finally, men consider short-term mating strategies more acceptable than women. To test these hypotheses a within-participants design is employed, whereby sexually mature individuals with children are asked to rate the acceptability of a set of short-term mating strategies for themselves and for their offspring. Evidence from a sample of 295 British parents provides support for all three hypotheses. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Personality and Individual Differences | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
ISSN: | 0191-8869 | ||||
Official Date: | December 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.47 | ||||
Number: | No.8 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 5 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 895-899 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.014 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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