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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 85-104 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2003 |
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Universal sex differences in the desire for sexual variety : Tests from 52 nations, 6 continents, and 13 islands. / Schmitt, David P.; International Sexuality Description Project; Alcalay, L.; Allik, J; Ault, L.; Austers, I.; Bennett, K. L.; Timmermans, Bert; Vanhoomissen, T.; Van Overwalle, F.
In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 85, No. 1, 07.2003, p. 85-104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Universal sex differences in the desire for sexual variety
T2 - Tests from 52 nations, 6 continents, and 13 islands
AU - Schmitt, David P.
AU - International Sexuality Description Project
AU - Alcalay, L.
AU - Allik, J
AU - Ault, L.
AU - Austers, I.
AU - Bennett, K. L.
AU - Timmermans, Bert
AU - Vanhoomissen, T.
AU - Van Overwalle, F.
PY - 2003/7
Y1 - 2003/7
N2 - Evolutionary psychologists have hypothesized that men and women possess both long-term and short-term mating strategies, with men's short-term strategy differentially rooted in the desire for sexual variety. In this article, findings from a cross-cultural survey of 16,288 people across 10 major world regions (including North America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Middle East, Africa, Oceania, South/Southeast Asia, and East Asia) demonstrate that sex differences in the desire for sexual variety are culturally universal throughout these world regions. Sex differences were evident regardless of whether mean, median, distributional, or categorical indexes of sexual differentiation were evaluated. Sex differences were evident regardless of the measures used to evaluate them. Among contemporary theories of human mating, pluralistic approaches that hypothesize sex differences in the evolved design of short-term mating provide the most compelling account of these robust empirical findings.
AB - Evolutionary psychologists have hypothesized that men and women possess both long-term and short-term mating strategies, with men's short-term strategy differentially rooted in the desire for sexual variety. In this article, findings from a cross-cultural survey of 16,288 people across 10 major world regions (including North America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Middle East, Africa, Oceania, South/Southeast Asia, and East Asia) demonstrate that sex differences in the desire for sexual variety are culturally universal throughout these world regions. Sex differences were evident regardless of whether mean, median, distributional, or categorical indexes of sexual differentiation were evaluated. Sex differences were evident regardless of the measures used to evaluate them. Among contemporary theories of human mating, pluralistic approaches that hypothesize sex differences in the evolved design of short-term mating provide the most compelling account of these robust empirical findings.
U2 - 10.1037/0022-3514.85.1.85
DO - 10.1037/0022-3514.85.1.85
M3 - Article
VL - 85
SP - 85
EP - 104
JO - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
SN - 0022-3514
IS - 1
ER -