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Walter KV, Conroy-Beam D, Buss DM, Asao K, Sorokowska A, Sorokowski P, Aavik T, Akello G, Alhabahba MM, Alm C, Amjad N, Anjum A, Atama CS, Duyar DA, Ayebare R, Batres C, Bendixen M, Bensafia A, Bizumic B, Boussena M, Butovskaya M, Can S, Cantarero K, Carrier A, Cetinkaya H, Croy I, Cueto RM, Czub M, Dronova D, Dural S, Duyar I, Ertugrul B, Espinosa A, Estevan I, Esteves CS, Fang L, Frackowiak T, Garduño JC, González KU, Guemaz F, Gyuris P, Halamová M, Herak I, Horvat M, Hromatko I, Hui CM, Jaafar JL, Jiang F, Kafetsios K, Kavčič T, Ottesen Kennair LE, Kervyn N, Khanh Ha TT, Khilji IA, Köbis NC, Lan HM, Láng A, Lennard GR, León E, Lindholm T, Linh TT, Lopez G, Luot NV, Mailhos A, Manesi Z, Martinez R, McKerchar SL, Meskó N, Misra G, Monaghan C, Mora EC, Moya-Garófano A, Musil B, Natividade JC, Niemczyk A, Nizharadze G, Oberzaucher E, Oleszkiewicz A, Omar-Fauzee MS, Onyishi IE, Özener B, Pagani AF, Pakalniskiene V, Parise M, Pazhoohi F, Pisanski A, Pisanski K, Ponciano E, Popa C, Prokop P, Rizwan M, Sainz M, Salkičević S, Sargautyte R, Sarmány-Schuller I, Schmehl S, Sharad S, Siddiqui RS, Simonetti F, Stoyanova SY, Tadinac M, Correa Varella MA, Vauclair CM, Vega LD, Widarini DA, Yoo G, Zaťková MM, Zupančič M. Correction to: 'Sex differences in human mate preferences vary across sex ratios' (2023) by Walter et al.. Proc Biol Sci 2023; 290:20231513. [PMID: 37440323 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Sorokowski P, Kowal M, Sternberg RJ, Aavik T, Akello G, Alhabahba MM, Alm C, Amjad N, Anjum A, Asao K, Atama CS, Atamtürk Duyar D, Ayebare R, Conroy-Beam D, Bendixen M, Bensafia A, Bizumic B, Boussena M, Buss DM, Butovskaya M, Can S, Carrier A, Cetinkaya H, Croy I, Cueto RM, Czub M, Dronova D, Dural S, Duyar I, Ertugrul B, Espinosa A, Estevan I, Esteves CS, Frackowiak T, Garduño JC, González KU, Guemaz F, Halamová M, Herak I, Horvat M, Hromatko I, Hui CM, Jaafar JL, Jiang F, Kafetsios K, Kavčič T, Kennair LEO, Kervyn N, Ha TTK, Khilji IA, Köbis NC, Kostic A, Lan HM, Láng A, Lennard GR, León E, Lindholm T, Linh TT, Lopez G, Van Luot N, Mailhos A, Manesi Z, Martinez R, McKerchar SL, Meskó N, Pejičić M, Misra G, Monaghan C, Mora EC, Moya-Garófano A, Musil B, Natividade JC, Nizharadze G, Oberzaucher E, Oleszkiewicz A, Omar-Fauzee MS, Onyishi IE, Özener B, Pagani AF, Pakalniskiene V, Parise M, Pazhoohi F, Pisanski A, Pisanski K, Ponciano E, Popa C, Prokop P, Rizwan M, Sainz M, Salkičević S, Sargautyte R, Sarmány-Schuller I, Schmehl S, Shahid A, Sharad S, Siddiqui RS, Simonetti F, Tadinac M, Vauclair CM, Vega LD, Walter KV, Widarini DA, Yoo G, Zaťková M, Zupančič M, Sorokowska A. Modernization, collectivism, and gender equality predict love experiences in 45 countries. Sci Rep 2023; 13:773. [PMID: 36641519 PMCID: PMC9840424 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26663-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Recent cross-cultural and neuro-hormonal investigations have suggested that love is a near universal phenomenon that has a biological background. Therefore, the remaining important question is not whether love exists worldwide but which cultural, social, or environmental factors influence experiences and expressions of love. In the present study, we explored whether countries' modernization indexes are related to love experiences measured by three subscales (passion, intimacy, commitment) of the Triangular Love Scale. Analyzing data from 9474 individuals from 45 countries, we tested for relationships with country-level predictors, namely, modernization proxies (i.e., Human Development Index, World Modernization Index, Gender Inequality Index), collectivism, and average annual temperatures. We found that mean levels of love (especially intimacy) were higher in countries with higher modernization proxies, collectivism, and average annual temperatures. In conclusion, our results grant some support to the hypothesis that modernization processes might influence love experiences.
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- Westminster College, Salt Lake City, USA
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- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Australian National University AU, Canberra, Australia
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- Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Moscow, Russia
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- Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey
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- Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbona, Portugal
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- Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
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- Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
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- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Palacky University in Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
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- University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of Social Sciences and Humanities (VNU-Hanoi), Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
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- University of Social Sciences and Humanities (VNU-Hanoi), Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
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- University of Social Sciences and Humanities (VNU-Hanoi), Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Coimba, Brazil
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- Romanian Academy - Institute of Philosophy and Psychology "C. Rădulescu-Motru", Bucharest, Romania
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Kyung Hee University, Kyung Hee, South Korea
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- Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
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Walter KV, Conroy-Beam D, Buss DM, Asao K, Sorokowska A, Sorokowski P, Aavik T, Akello G, Alhabahba MM, Alm C, Amjad N, Anjum A, Atama CS, Duyar DA, Ayebare R, Batres C, Bendixen M, Bensafia A, Bizumic B, Boussena M, Butovskaya M, Can S, Cantarero K, Carrier A, Cetinkaya H, Croy I, Cueto RM, Czub M, Dronova D, Dural S, Duyar I, Ertugrul B, Espinosa A, Estevan I, Esteves CS, Fang L, Frackowiak T, Garduño JC, González KU, Guemaz F, Gyuris P, Halamová M, Herak I, Horvat M, Hromatko I, Hui CM, Jaafar JL, Jiang F, Kafetsios K, Kavčič T, Kennair LEO, Kervyn N, Khanh Ha TT, Khilji IA, Köbis NC, Lan HM, Láng A, Lennard GR, León E, Lindholm T, Linh TT, Lopez G, Luot NV, Mailhos A, Manesi Z, Martinez R, McKerchar SL, Meskó N, Misra G, Monaghan C, Mora EC, Moya-Garófano A, Musil B, Natividade JC, Niemczyk A, Nizharadze G, Oberzaucher E, Oleszkiewicz A, Omar-Fauzee MS, Onyishi IE, Özener B, Pagani AF, Pakalniskiene V, Parise M, Pazhoohi F, Pisanski A, Pisanski K, Ponciano E, Popa C, Prokop P, Rizwan M, Sainz M, Salkičević S, Sargautyte R, Sarmány-Schuller I, Schmehl S, Sharad S, Siddiqui RS, Simonetti F, Stoyanova SY, Tadinac M, Correa Varella MA, Vauclair CM, Vega LD, Widarini DA, Yoo G, Zaťková MM, Zupančič M. Sex differences in human mate preferences vary across sex ratios. Proc Biol Sci 2021; 288:20211115. [PMID: 34284630 PMCID: PMC8292757 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
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 and mate preferences, despite the importance of mate preferences in the human mating literature. To address this gap, we examined sex ratio's relationship to the variation in preferences for attractiveness, resources, kindness, intelligence and health in a long-term mate across 45 countries (n = 14 487). We predicted that mate preferences would vary according to relative power of choice on the mating market, with increased power derived from having relatively few competitors and numerous potential mates. We found that each sex tended to report more demanding preferences for attractiveness and resources where the opposite sex was abundant, compared to where the opposite sex was scarce. This pattern dovetails with those found for mating strategies in humans and mate preferences across species, highlighting the importance of sex ratio for understanding variation in human mate preferences.
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- Kathryn V. Walter
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, USA
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50137, Poland
- Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50137, Poland
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50090, Estonia
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- Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu 166, Uganda
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- Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Psychology, NUR International University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- Department of Psychology, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster 17603, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Laboratory Education-Formation-Travail (EFORT), Department of Sociology, and
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- Research School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia
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- Laboratory EFORT, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Algiers 2, Algiers 16000, Algeria
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
- Center for Social Anthropology, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Psychology, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir 35300, Turkey
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- Social Behavior Research Center, Faculty in Wroclaw, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Wroclaw 53238, Poland
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- Psychology Faculty (Center for the Study of Social Behavior), and
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- Department of Psychology, Ankara University, Ankara 6560, Turkey
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- Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden 1069, Germany
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- Grupo de Psicología Política y Social (GPPS), Departamento de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima 15088, Perú
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- Department of Psychology, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, USA
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Psychology, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir 35300, Turkey
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- Deparment of Anthropology, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34452, Turkey
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- Deparment of Anthropology, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34452, Turkey
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- Grupo de Psicología Política y Social (GPPS), Departamento de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima 15088, Perú
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- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de la República, Motevideo 11200, Uruguay
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Católica Lisbon Research Unit in Business and Economics, Portugal
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- Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50137, Poland
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- Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Sétif2, Sétif 16000, Algeria
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs 7624, Hungary
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- Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Care, Department of Psychological Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra 94974, Slovakia
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- Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organisations (LOURiM), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve 1348, Belgium
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- Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology, University of Maribor, Maribor 2000, Slovenia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
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- Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Morelia UNAM, Morelia 58190, Mexico
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- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Organization and Human Resource Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 102202, People's Republic of China
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- School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and Katedra Psychologie, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organisations (LOURiM), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve 1348, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
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- Department of Psychology, Islamabad Model College for Boys, F-10/4, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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- Center for Research in Experimental Economics and Political Decision Making, Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs 7624, Hungary
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- Research School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia
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- Grupo de Psicología Política y Social (GPPS), Departamento de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima 15088, Perú
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- Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
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- Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan 20123, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
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- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de la República, Motevideo 11200, Uruguay
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- Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081, The Netherlands
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- Department of Social Psychology, University of Granada, Grenada 18010, Spain
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- Research School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs 7624, Hungary
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- Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110021, India
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- Research School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia
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- Department of Animal and Human Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba
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- Department of Psychology, Islamabad Model College for Boys, F-10/4, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology, University of Maribor, Maribor 2000, Slovenia
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- Department of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22451-000, Brazil
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- Department of Social Sciences, Free University of Tbilisi, Tbilisi 2, Georgia
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50137, Poland
- Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410002, Nigeria
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- Deparment of Anthropology, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34452, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan 20123, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Animal and Human Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50137, Poland
- Equipe de Neuro-Ethologie Sensorielle (ENES), Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France
- CNRS National Center for Scientific Research, Dynamic Language Laboratory, University Lyon 2, Lyon, France
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- Institute of Psychology, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-901, Brazil
- Center of Social Studies, University of Coimbra, 3004 Coimba, Portugal
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- Department of Psychology—Institute of Philosophy and Psychology “C. Rădulescu Motru” of Romanian Academy, UNATC Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava 84215, Slovakia
- Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava 84506, Slovakia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Haripur, 22620, Pakistan
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- Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 8331150, Chile
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
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- Institute of Psychology, Vilnius University, Vilnius 1513, Lithuania
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- Center for Social and Psychological Sciences, Institute of Experimental Psychology SAS, Bratislava, 84104, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Department of Applied Psychology, Vivekananda College, University of Delhi, Delhi 110095, India
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- Department of Management Sciences, DHA Suffa University, Karachi 75500, Pakistan
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 8331150, Chile
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-030, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Sétif2, Sétif 16000, Algeria
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- Fakultas Ilmu Komunikasi, Universitas Prof. Dr Moestopo (Beragama), Jakarta 10270, Indonesia
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- Department of Child and Family Studies, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 024-47, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Sétif2, Sétif 16000, Algeria
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
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Sorokowska A, Saluja S, Sorokowski P, Frąckowiak T, Karwowski M, Aavik T, Akello G, Alm C, Amjad N, Anjum A, Asao K, Atama CS, Atamtürk Duyar D, Ayebare R, Batres C, Bendixen M, Bensafia A, Bizumic B, Boussena M, Buss DM, Butovskaya M, Can S, Cantarero K, Carrier A, Cetinkaya H, Chabin D, Conroy-Beam D, Contreras-Graduño J, Varella MAC, Cueto RM, Czub M, Dronova D, Dural S, Duyar I, Ertugrul B, Espinosa A, Esteves CS, Guemaz F, Haľamová M, Herak I, Hromatko I, Hui CM, Jaafar JL, Jiang F, Kafetsios K, Kavcic T, Kennair LEO, Kervyn NO, Khilji IA, Köbis NC, Kostic A, Láng A, Lennard GR, León E, Lindholm T, Lopez G, Manesi Z, Martinez R, McKerchar SL, Meskó N, Misra G, Monaghan C, Mora EC, Moya-Garofano A, Musil B, Natividade JC, Nizharadze G, Oberzaucher E, Oleszkiewicz A, Onyishi IE, Özener B, Pagani AF, Pakalniskiene V, Parise M, Pazhoohi F, Pejičić M, Pisanski A, Pisanski K, Plohl N, Popa C, Prokop P, Rizwan M, Sainz M, Salkičević S, Sargautyte R, Sarmany-Schuller I, Schmehl S, Shahid A, Shaikh R, Sharad S, Siddiqui RS, Simonetti F, Tadinac M, Ugalde González K, Uhryn O, Vauclair CM, Vega Araya LD, Widarini DA, Yoo G, Zadeh ZF, Zaťková M, Zupančič M, Croy I. Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Pers Soc Psychol Bull 2021; 47:1705-1721. [PMID: 33615910 DOI: 10.1177/0146167220988373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
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 examined a range of hypothesized individual-level factors (sex, age, parasitic history, conservatism, religiosity, and preferred interpersonal distance) and cultural-level factors (regional temperature, parasite stress, regional conservatism, collectivism, and religiosity) in predicting these affective-touching behaviors. Our results indicate that affective touch was most prevalent in relationships with partners and children, and its diversity was relatively higher in warmer, less conservative, and religious countries, and among younger, female, and liberal people. This research allows for a broad and integrated view of the bases of cross-cultural variability in affective touch.
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- Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Moscow, Russia
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- Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia
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- Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
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- Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
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- Center for Humans and Machines, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany
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- The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
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- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy
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- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.,Taste and Smell Centre, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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- Comenius University, Slovakia.,Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
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- University of Monterrey, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico
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- Center for Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
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- Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine
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- Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia
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Sorokowski P, Sorokowska A, Karwowski M, Groyecka A, Aavik T, Akello G, Alm C, Amjad N, Anjum A, Asao K, Atama CS, Atamtürk Duyar D, Ayebare R, Batres C, Bendixen M, Bensafia A, Bizumic B, Boussena M, Buss DM, Butovskaya M, Can S, Cantarero K, Carrier A, Çetinkaya H, Chabin D, Conroy-Beam D, Croy I, Cueto RM, Czub M, Dronova D, Dural S, Duyar I, Ertugrul B, Espinosa A, Estevan I, Esteves CS, Frackowiak T, Graduño JC, Guemaz F, Ha Thu T, Haľamová M, Herak I, Horvat M, Hromatko I, Hui CM, Jaafar JL, Jiang F, Kafetsios K, Kavcic T, Kennair LEO, Kervyn N, Köbis NC, Kostic A, Krasnodębska A, Láng A, Lennard GR, León E, Lindholm T, Lopez G, Alhabahba MM, Mailhos A, Manesi Z, Martinez R, Sainz Martinez M, McKerchar SL, Meskó N, Misra G, Monaghan C, Mora EC, Moya-Garófano A, Musil B, Natividade JC, Nizharadze G, Oberzaucher E, Oleszkiewicz A, Omar Fauzee MS, Onyishi IE, Özener B, Pagani AF, Pakalniskiene V, Parise M, Pawłowski B, Pazhoohi F, Pejičić M, Pisanski A, Pisanski K, Plohl N, Ponciano E, Popa C, Prokop P, Przepiórka A, Quang Lam T, Rizwan M, Różycka-Tran J, Salkičević S, Sargautyte R, Sarmany-Schuller I, Schmehl S, Shahid A, Shaikh R, Sharad S, Simonetti F, Tadinac M, Thi Khanh Ha T, Ugalde González K, Vauclair CM, Vega LD, Widarini DA, Wojciszke B, Yoo G, Zadeh ZF, Zaťková M, Zupančič M, Sternberg RJ. Universality of the Triangular Theory of Love: Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Triangular Love Scale in 25 Countries. J Sex Res 2021; 58:106-115. [PMID: 32783568 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2020.1787318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The Triangular Theory of Love (measured with Sternberg's Triangular Love Scale - STLS) is a prominent theoretical concept in empirical research on love. To expand the culturally homogeneous body of previous psychometric research regarding the STLS, we conducted a large-scale cross-cultural study with the use of this scale. In total, we examined more than 11,000 respondents, but as a result of applied exclusion criteria, the final analyses were based on a sample of 7332 participants from 25 countries (from all inhabited continents). We tested configural invariance, metric invariance, and scalar invariance, all of which confirmed the cultural universality of the theoretical construct of love analyzed in our study. We also observed that levels of love components differ depending on relationship duration, following the dynamics suggested in the Triangular Theory of Love. Supplementary files with all our data, including results on love intensity across different countries along with STLS versions adapted in a few dozen languages, will further enable more extensive research on the Triangular Theory of Love.
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- Piotr Sorokowski
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, University of Wroclaw and Smell and Taste Clinic
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, University of Wroclaw and Smell and Taste Clinic
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, University of Wroclaw and Smell and Taste Clinic
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, University of Wroclaw and Smell and Taste Clinic
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- Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU)
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences
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- Department of Psychology, Ankara University
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- Technische Universität Dresden Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, University of Wroclaw and Smell and Taste Clinic
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences
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- Department of Psychology, Ankara University
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, University of Wroclaw and Smell and Taste Clinic
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- University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, University of Wroclaw and Smell and Taste Clinic
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, University of Wroclaw and Smell and Taste Clinic
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, University of Wroclaw and Smell and Taste Clinic
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- Comenius University and Slovak Academy of Sciences
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- University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University
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- University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University
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Kowal M, Sorokowski P, Sorokowska A, Dobrowolska M, Pisanski K, Oleszkiewicz A, Aavik T, Akello G, Alm C, Amjad N, Anjum A, Asao K, Atama CS, Atamtürk Duyar D, Ayebare R, Bendixen M, Bensafia A, Bizumic B, Boussena M, Buss DM, Butovskaya M, Can S, Cantarero K, Carrier A, Cetinkaya H, Conroy-Beam D, Varella MAC, Cueto RM, Czub M, Dronova D, Dural S, Duyar I, Ertugrul B, Espinosa A, Estevan I, Esteves CS, Frackowiak T, Contreras-Graduño J, Guemaz F, Hromatko I, Hui CM, Herak I, Jaafar JL, Jiang F, Kafetsios K, Kavcic T, Kennair LEO, Kervyn N, Köbis NC, Láng A, Lennard GR, León E, Lindholm T, Lopez G, Madallh Alhabahba M, Mailhos A, Manesi Z, Martínez R, McKerchar SL, Meskó N, Misra G, Moc Lan H, Monaghan C, Mora EC, Moya Garófano A, Musil B, Natividade JC, Nizharadze G, Oberzaucher E, Omar Fauzee MS, Onyishi IE, Özener B, Pagani AF, Pakalniskiene V, Parise M, Pazhoohi F, Perun M, Pisanski A, Plohl N, Popa C, Prokop P, Rizwan M, Sainz M, Salkičević S, Sargautyte R, Schmehl S, Senyk O, Shaikh R, Sharad S, Simonetti F, Tadinac M, Thi Khanh Ha T, Thi Linh T, Ugalde González K, Van Luot N, Vauclair CM, Vega LD, Yoo G, Yordanova Stoyanova S, Zadeh ZF, Zupančič M. Reasons for Facebook Usage: Data From 46 Countries. Front Psychol 2020; 11:711. [PMID: 32425849 PMCID: PMC7204544 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
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- University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Smell and Taste Clinic, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- İzmir University of Economics, İzmir, Turkey
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Moscow, Russia
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- İzmir University of Economics, İzmir, Turkey
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- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), CIS-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
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- University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru
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- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
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- University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine
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- University of Havana, Havana, Cuba.,University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
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- Department of Psychology, Romanian Academy, UNATC-CINETIc Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.,Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- School of Psychology, University of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine
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- VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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Walter KV, Conroy-Beam D, Buss DM, Asao K, Sorokowska A, Sorokowski P, Aavik T, Akello G, Alhabahba MM, Alm C, Amjad N, Anjum A, Atama CS, Atamtürk Duyar D, Ayebare R, Batres C, Bendixen M, Bensafia A, Bizumic B, Boussena M, Butovskaya M, Can S, Cantarero K, Carrier A, Cetinkaya H, Croy I, Cueto RM, Czub M, Dronova D, Dural S, Duyar I, Ertugrul B, Espinosa A, Estevan I, Esteves CS, Fang L, Frackowiak T, Garduño JC, González KU, Guemaz F, Gyuris P, Halamová M, Herak I, Horvat M, Hromatko I, Hui CM, Jaafar JL, Jiang F, Kafetsios K, Kavčič T, Kennair LEO, Kervyn N, Khanh Ha TT, Khilji IA, Köbis NC, Lan HM, Láng A, Lennard GR, León E, Lindholm T, Linh TT, Lopez G, Van Luot N, Mailhos A, Manesi Z, Martinez R, McKerchar SL, Meskó N, Misra G, Monaghan C, Mora EC, Moya-Garófano A, Musil B, Natividade JC, Niemczyk A, Nizharadze G, Oberzaucher E, Oleszkiewicz A, Omar-Fauzee MS, Onyishi IE, Özener B, Pagani AF, Pakalniskiene V, Parise M, Pazhoohi F, Pisanski A, Pisanski K, Ponciano E, Popa C, Prokop P, Rizwan M, Sainz M, Salkičević S, Sargautyte R, Sarmány-Schuller I, Schmehl S, Sharad S, Siddiqui RS, Simonetti F, Stoyanova SY, Tadinac M, Varella MAC, Vauclair CM, Vega LD, Widarini DA, Yoo G, Zat'ková M, Zupančič M. Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication. Psychol Sci 2020; 31:408-423. [PMID: 32196435 DOI: 10.1177/0956797620904154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Considerable research has examined human mate preferences across cultures, finding universal sex differences in preferences for attractiveness and resources as well as sources of systematic cultural variation. Two competing perspectives-an evolutionary psychological perspective and a biosocial role perspective-offer alternative explanations for these findings. However, the original data on which each perspective relies are decades old, and the literature is fraught with conflicting methods, analyses, results, and conclusions. Using a new 45-country sample (N = 14,399), we attempted to replicate classic studies and test both the evolutionary and biosocial role perspectives. Support for universal sex differences in preferences remains robust: Men, more than women, prefer attractive, young mates, and women, more than men, prefer older mates with financial prospects. Cross-culturally, both sexes have mates closer to their own ages as gender equality increases. Beyond age of partner, neither pathogen prevalence nor gender equality robustly predicted sex differences or preferences across countries.
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- Kathryn V Walter
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
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- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
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- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Smell & Taste Clinic, Technische Universität Dresden
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Tartu
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- Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University
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- Institute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab
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- Institute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab
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- Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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- Laboratory Education-Formation-Travail (EFORT), Department of Sociology, University of Algiers
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- Research School of Psychology, Australian National University
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- Laboratory EFORT, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Algiers
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Center for Social Anthropology, Russian State University for the Humanities
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- Department of Psychology, Izmir University of Economics
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- Social Behavior Research Center, Faculty in Wroclaw, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
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- Psychology Faculty (Center for the Study of Social Behavior), Université Catholique de Louvain
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- Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden
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- Grupo de Psicología Política y Social, Departamento de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences
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- Department of Psychology, Izmir University of Economics
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- Department of Anthropology, Istanbul University
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- Grupo de Psicología Política y Social, Departamento de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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- Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (CIS-IUL)
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- Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Unidad Morelia
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- Laboratory EFORT, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Setif
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- Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Care, Department of Psychological Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University
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- Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organisations, Université Catholique de Louvain
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- Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology, University of Maribor
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
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- Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Malaya
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- Organization and Human Resource Management, Central University of Finance and Economics
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- Faculty of Education, University of Primorska
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- Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organisations, Université Catholique de Louvain
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- Department of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
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- Department of Psychology, Islamabad Model College for Boys, F-10/4, Islamabad
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- Department of Economics, Center for Research in Experimental Economics and Political Decision Mating, University of Amsterdam
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- Department of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
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- Grupo de Psicología Política y Social, Departamento de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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- Department of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
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- Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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- Department of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
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- Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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- Research School of Psychology, Australian National University
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- Department of Animal and Human Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Havana
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Smell & Taste Clinic, Technische Universität Dresden
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- Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
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- Department of Animal and Human Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Havana
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw
- Equipe de Neuro-Ethologie Sensorielle (ENES), Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Lyon/Saint-Étienne
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- Institute of Psychology, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty for Humanities and Social Sciences, Universitatea Nationala de Arta Teatrala si Cinematografica-Centrul Internațional de Cercetare şi Educație în Tehnologii Inovativ Creative (UNATC-CINETIc), Romanian Academy
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- Department of Environmental Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
- Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
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- School of Psychology, University of Monterrey
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
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- Center for Social and Psychological Sciences, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
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- Department of Applied Psychology, Vivekananda College, University of Delhi
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
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- Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (CIS-IUL)
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- Faculty of Communication, University Prof. Dr Moestopo (Beragama), Jakarta, 10270, Indonesia
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- Department of Child and Family Studies, Kyung Hee University
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- Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Care, Department of Psychological Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
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Sorokowska A, Groyecka A, Karwowski M, Frackowiak T, Lansford JE, Ahmadi K, Alghraibeh AM, Aryeetey R, Bertoni A, Bettache K, Blumen S, Blazejewska M, Bortolini T, Butovskaya M, Cantarero K, Castro FN, Cetinkaya H, Chang L, Chen BB, Cunha D, David D, David OA, Dileym FA, Domínguez Espinosa ADC, Donato S, Dronova D, Dural S, Fialová J, Fisher M, Gulbetekin E, Hamamcioglu Akkaya A, Hilpert P, Hromatko I, Iafrate R, Iesyp M, James B, Jaranovic J, Jiang F, Kimamo CO, Kjelvik G, Koç F, Laar A, Lopes FDA, Macbeth G, Marcano NM, Martinez R, Mesko N, Molodovskaya N, Moradi Qezeli K, Motahari Z, Mühlhauser A, Natividade JC, Ntayi J, Oberzaucher E, Ojedokun O, Omar-Fauzee MSB, Onyishi IE, Paluszak A, Pierce JD, Pillay U, Portugal A, Razumiejczyk E, Realo A, Relvas AP, Rivas M, Rizwan M, Salkicevic S, Sarmány-Schuller I, Schmehl S, Senyk O, Sinding C, Sorbring E, Stamkou E, Stoyanova S, Šukolová D, Sutresna N, Tadinac M, Tapanya S, Teras A, Tinoco Ponciano EL, Tripathi R, Tripathi N, Tripathi M, Uhryn O, Yamamoto ME, Yoo G, Sorokowski P. Global Study of Social Odor Awareness. Chem Senses 2019; 43:503-513. [PMID: 29955865 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjy038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Olfaction plays an important role in human social communication, including multiple domains in which people often rely on their sense of smell in the social context. The importance of the sense of smell and its role can however vary inter-individually and culturally. Despite the growing body of literature on differences in olfactory performance or hedonic preferences across the globe, the aspects of a given culture as well as culturally universal individual differences affecting odor awareness in human social life remain unknown. Here, we conducted a large-scale analysis of data collected from 10 794 participants from 52 study sites from 44 countries all over the world. The aim of our research was to explore the potential individual and country-level correlates of odor awareness in the social context. The results show that the individual characteristics were more strongly related than country-level factors to self-reported odor awareness in different social contexts. A model including individual-level predictors (gender, age, material situation, education, and preferred social distance) provided a relatively good fit to the data, but adding country-level predictors (Human Development Index, population density, and average temperature) did not improve model parameters. Although there were some cross-cultural differences in social odor awareness, the main differentiating role was played by the individual differences. This suggests that people living in different cultures and different climate conditions may still share some similar patterns of odor awareness if they share other individual-level characteristics.
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Psychology, College of Education, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Monash University, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
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- Department of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica Del Perú, Lima, Peru
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- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Unit, D'Or Institute for Research and Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty in Sopot, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Sopot, Poland
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- Laboratory of Evolution of Human Behavior, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal City, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Department of Psychology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Psychology, College of Education, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Psychology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Surrey, UK
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- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine
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- Department of Clinical Services, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin-City, Nigeria
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- Department of Organization and Human Resources Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medicine and Health Sciences (MH), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Faculty of Literature, Department of Anthropology, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
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- School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Laboratory of Evolution of Human Behavior, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal City, Brazil
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, National University of Entre Rios, Concepción del Uruguay, Argentina
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- Department of Social Psychology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Faculty of Computing and Management Science, Makerere University Business School, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Pure and Applied Psychology, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria
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- Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- College of Science, Health, and the Liberal Arts, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Centre for Social Studies, University of Madeira, Funchal, Madeira
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, National University of Entre Rios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.,Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
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- Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Center of Social and Psychological Sciences SAS, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine
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- INRA, Centre des Sciences du Gout et de l'Alimentation - CSGA, Dijon, France
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- Centre for Child and Youth Studies, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
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- Departament of Social Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, South-West University "Neofit Rilski", Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
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- Educational Research Centre, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
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- Jurusan Pendidikan Kepelatihan, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India
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- SRM Institute of Science and Technology, School of Management, Chennai, India
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- Faculty of Psychology, Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Lviv, Ukraine
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- Laboratory of Evolution of Human Behavior, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal City, Brazil
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- Department of Child and Family Studies, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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Conroy-Beam D, Roney JR, Lukaszewski AW, Buss DM, Asao K, Sorokowska A, Sorokowski P, Aavik T, Akello G, Alhabahba MM, Alm C, Amjad N, Anjum A, Atama CS, Atamtürk Duyar D, Ayebare R, Batres C, Bendixen M, Bensafia A, Bertoni A, Bizumic B, Boussena M, Butovskaya M, Can S, Cantarero K, Carrier A, Cetinkaya H, Croy I, Cueto RM, Czub M, Donato S, Dronova D, Dural S, Duyar I, Ertugrul B, Espinosa A, Estevan I, Esteves CS, Fang L, Frackowiak T, Contreras Garduño J, González KU, Guemaz F, Gyuris P, Halamová M, Herak I, Horvat M, Hromatko I, Hui CM, Iafrate R, Jaafar JL, Jiang F, Kafetsios K, Kavčič T, Kennair LEO, Kervyn N, Ha TTK, Khilji IA, Köbis NC, Lan HM, Láng A, Lennard GR, León E, Lindholm T, Linh TT, Lopez G, Van Luot N, Mailhos A, Manesi Z, Martinez R, McKerchar SL, Meskó N, Misra G, Monaghan C, Mora EC, Moya-Garófano A, Musil B, Natividade JC, Niemczyk A, Nizharadze G, Oberzaucher E, Oleszkiewicz A, Omar-Fauzee MS, Onyishi IE, Özener B, Pagani AF, Pakalniskiene V, Parise M, Pazhoohi F, Pisanski A, Pisanski K, Ponciano E, Popa C, Prokop P, Rizwan M, Sainz M, Salkičević S, Sargautyte R, Sarmány-Schuller I, Schmehl S, Sharad S, Siddiqui RS, Simonetti F, Stoyanova SY, Tadinac M, Varella MAC, Vauclair CM, Vega LD, Widarini DA, Yoo G, Zaťková M, Zupančič M. Assortative mating and the evolution of desirability covariation. EVOL HUM BEHAV 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sorokowska A, Sorokowski P, Hilpert P, Cantarero K, Frackowiak T, Ahmadi K, Alghraibeh AM, Aryeetey R, Bertoni A, Bettache K, Blumen S, Błażejewska M, Bortolini T, Butovskaya M, Castro FN, Cetinkaya H, Cunha D, David D, David OA, Dileym FA, Domínguez Espinosa ADC, Donato S, Dronova D, Dural S, Fialová J, Fisher M, Gulbetekin E, Hamamcıoğlu Akkaya A, Hromatko I, Iafrate R, Iesyp M, James B, Jaranovic J, Jiang F, Kimamo CO, Kjelvik G, Koç F, Laar A, de Araújo Lopes F, Macbeth G, Marcano NM, Martinez R, Mesko N, Molodovskaya N, Moradi K, Motahari Z, Mühlhauser A, Natividade JC, Ntayi J, Oberzaucher E, Ojedokun O, Omar-Fauzee MSB, Onyishi IE, Paluszak A, Portugal A, Razumiejczyk E, Realo A, Relvas AP, Rivas M, Rizwan M, Salkičević S, Sarmány-Schuller I, Schmehl S, Senyk O, Sinding C, Stamkou E, Stoyanova S, Šukolová D, Sutresna N, Tadinac M, Teras A, Tinoco Ponciano EL, Tripathi R, Tripathi N, Tripathi M, Uhryn O, Yamamoto ME, Yoo G, Pierce JD. Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/0022022117698039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the conclusions and generalizability of previous studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited by some important methodological and sampling issues. The objective of the present study was to compare preferred interpersonal distances across the world and to overcome the problems observed in previous studies. We present an extensive analysis of interpersonal distances over a large data set ( N = 8,943 participants from 42 countries). We attempted to relate the preferred social, personal, and intimate distances observed in each country to a set of individual characteristics of the participants, and some attributes of their cultures. Our study indicates that individual characteristics (age and gender) influence interpersonal space preferences and that some variation in results can be explained by temperature in a given region. We also present objective values of preferred interpersonal distances in different regions, which might be used as a reference data point in future studies.
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica Del Perú, Lima, Peru
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- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- D’Or Institute for Research and Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS, Moscow, Russia
- Russian State University for the Humanities, Russia
- Moscow State University, Russia
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS, Moscow, Russia
| | - Seda Dural
- Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey
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- Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria
| | | | - Feng Jiang
- Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
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- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
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- National University of Entre Rios, Concepción del Uruguay, Argentina
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- Makerere University Business School, Kampala, Uganda
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- University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
- University of Tartu, Estonia
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- Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
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- Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
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- Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine
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