Preferred and actual relative height are related to sex, sexual orientation, and dominance: Evidence from Brazil and the Czech Republic

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11240/16:10296592 RIV/00216208:11110/16:10296592

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886916300502" target="_blank" >http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886916300502</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.049" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.049</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Preferred and actual relative height are related to sex, sexual orientation, and dominance: Evidence from Brazil and the Czech Republic

Original language description

Height and dominance influence mate preferences and choices. We explored preferred relative height (PRH) among ideal partners and actual relative height (ARH) among long-term partners in heterosexual and non-heterosexual men and women from Brazil and the Czech Republic. Furthermore, we tested whether PRH and ARH are influenced by own height, and submissiveness-dominance in relationship and sexual activities. In a sample of 1709 respondents (379 heterosexual men, 311 non-heterosexual men, 853 heterosexual women, and 166 non-heterosexual women) heterosexual individuals showed the 'male-taller-pattern' preferences and choices, while non-heterosexuals preferred and chose partners of a height similar to themselves; an 'equal-height-pattern'. Regression analyses further showed that own height positively predicted both PRH and ARH in all four groups of participants. Moreover, non-heterosexual men and women who preferred to be dominant in sexual activities and heterosexual men who preferred to be dominant in relationships preferred to be taller than their partner. Thus, in Western populations, preferences for relative height differ between heterosexual and non-heterosexual individuals, but in both cases they relate to dyadic submissiveness-dominance and own height. Preferences for relative height and dominance can work as a guide to actual mate choices enhancing ancestral fitness, although they differ from actual choices in modern humans.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FL - Psychiatry, sexology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Personality and Individual Differences

ISSN

0191-8869

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

100

Issue of the periodical within the volume

October

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

145-150

UT code for WoS article

000382412600023

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84957916434