Rituals as signals of mate quality

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F22%3A00126795" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/22:00126795 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2022.100048" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2022.100048</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2022.100048" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.cresp.2022.100048</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Rituals as signals of mate quality
Original language description
Public ritual acts convey strategic information about the qualities of ritual actors. Although a prolific literature has examined their role in coordinating collective action in a variety of contexts, one of the most common communicative functions of ritual behavior in nature, i.e. its role in signaling mate quality, has received limited empirical attention in humans. Moreover, some of the particularities of human mating, such as the difference between short- and long-term pair bonding and the role of family pressure in mate selection, have also been relatively neglected in the context of ritual. We conducted an experiment to study mate preferences among Tamil Hindus in Mauritius. We found that men who practice religious rituals are perceived as better potential short- and long-term mates by young women as well as by parents, and that the latter prioritize those who practice more costly rituals.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies

Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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