The influence of mate choice motivation on non-financial altruism
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2018-11-19
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Several studies have found that individuals are more altruistic towards potential mates than others, suggesting altruistic behavior may be a mating signal. Much of the literature focuses on financial altruism using economic games, however altruism can also comprise of non-financial acts, which this experiment examined in an attempt to replicate and refine previous findings. A study was conducted with 199 participants, who viewed both high attractive and low attractive opposite-sex images and were asked how likely they would be to altruistically share their research credits with the person in the image, whilst controlling for self-rated attractiveness. The findings suggest that both men and women were more altruistic towards pictures of high attractive than low attractive potential mating partners (Cohen’s d = 0.37). This study therefore partially replicates previous research examining the role of mate choice effects when exploring non-financial altruism.Citation
Bhogal, M.S., Bartlett, J.E. & Farrelly, D. Curr Psychol (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-0070-xPublisher
SpringerJournal
Current PsychologyAdditional Links
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-018-0070-xType
Journal articleLanguage
enISSN
1046-1310ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s12144-018-0070-x
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