Non‐verbal mate retention behaviour in women and its relation to couple's relationship adjustment and satisfaction
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023752%3A_____%2F19%3A43920221" target="_blank" >RIV/00023752:_____/19:43920221 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11240/19:10401009 RIV/00216208:11310/19:10401009
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eth.12949" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eth.12949</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eth.12949" target="_blank" >10.1111/eth.12949</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Non‐verbal mate retention behaviour in women and its relation to couple's relationship adjustment and satisfaction
Original language description
The function of mate retention strategies is to preserve the bond between romantic partners and to prevent desertion, which is also why such behaviours are often elicited by the presence of a potential rival. Most existing studies on mate retention are based on self-reports, which are prone to various biases. In this study, we observed non-verbal behaviour of 47 long-term romantic heterosexual couples during their interview with a female experimenter, whom the women in the couples may have perceived as a potential rival. We measured non-verbal displays of mate retention tactics (direct guarding, intimacy inducement, appearance enhancement, and love and care display), as well as relationship maintenance strategies of openness and positivity. We expected that relationship quality as reported by both partners in the couple would be positively associated with 'benefit-provisioning' mate retention behaviours and negatively associated with a 'cost-inflicting' mate retention tactic (direct guarding). Relationship quality was assessed by Spanier's Dyadic Adjustment Scale using both the total score of dyadic adjustment and a Dyadic Satisfaction subscale. We found a significant association between both partners' dyadic adjustment and satisfaction and woman's appearance enhancement behaviours (such as self-touch, hair flip and primp) in the presence of her partner and a potential rival. We also found a negative association between partner's dyadic adjustment and woman's direct guarding of partner using short looks, and a positive association between woman's intimacy-inducing behaviour using long gaze and her own dyadic satisfaction and her partner's dyadic adjustment. Our results highlight the specific role of female attractiveness in later stages of romantic relationships within the context of mate retention and draw attention to the significance of the use of observational techniques in addition to self-reports.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LO1611" target="_blank" >LO1611: Sustainability for The National Institute of Mental Health</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Ethology
ISSN
0179-1613
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
125
Issue of the periodical within the volume
12
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
925-939
UT code for WoS article
000495130300008
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85074488761