Big Two Personality and Big Three Mate Preferences: Similarity Attracts, but Country-Level Mate Preferences Crucially Matter

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1579-1593

  Gebauer, Jochen E ^a   Leary, Mark R ^b   Neberich, Wiebke ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Affinitas GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

agency; agentic cultural contrast; communal cultural assimilation; communion; mate preferences; similarity attracts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870232728     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212456300     Document Type: Article

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