Journal article
Individual Differences in Mate Poaching: An Examination of Hormonal, Dispositional, and Behavioral Mate-Value Traits
Abstract
The personality and hormonal correlates of mate poaching (attempting to steal another person’s partner away) and of the target of the seducer (the mate poached) were examined in a sample 154 undergraduate university students (91 females; 63 males). Thirteen variables were modeled into two regression equations to predict and profile mate poachers and the mate poached. Findings revealed that (1) male mate poachers were better looking and had …
Authors
Sunderani S; Arnocky S; Vaillancourt T
Journal
Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 533–542
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
5 2013
DOI
10.1007/s10508-012-9974-y
ISSN
0004-0002