期刊名称:Evolutionary Psychology: an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior
印刷版ISSN:1474-7049
出版年度:2019
卷号:17
DOI:10.1177/1474704919833720
语种:English
出版社:Ian Pitchford, Ed.& Pub
摘要:Drawing on life history theory, this research explores the moderating role of childhood economic background in the relationship between sex ratio and the female’s mate preference for male resource availability. Using different priming materials, three experiments consistently found that women with a rich childhood economic background showed a stable level of mate preference for good resource—this applied regardless of male- or female-biased sex ratio. But females with a poor childhood economic background showed a higher level of preference for male resource availability under the condition of female-biased sex ratio (vs. the condition of male-biased sex ratio). These findings support the moderating role of female childhood economic background in the relationship between sex ratio and their mating preference of good resources.